Ulugh Beg wasn’t just anyone, as his grandfather was none other than Tamerlane and his father, Shahrukh Mirza, served as governor of the eastern part of the Timurid Empire; therefore, of Persia and ...

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THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY of Stalin's death last year should have brought about not just worldwide rejoicing, but a torrent of new biographies. The world was, however, distracted by the fall of a ...