Richard Foltz is Professor of Religions and Cultures at Concordia University, Canada. He is the author of a number of titles on Iranian and Central Asian history, culture and religion including Iran in World History, Religions of Iran and Religions of the Silk Road.
This engagingly written, excellent new history of the Tajik people is an outstanding achievement. * Rustam Shukurov, Professor of History, Moscow State University, Russia * An informative introduction to an important subject that has been ill-served both in history and in scholarship. * Central Asian Survey * Foltz's monograph on the history of the Tajiks against the backdrop of Iranian cultural history fills an important gap ... This work is a vitally important contribution to this growing body of literature. * Acta Via Serica *