Includes bibliographical references (pages 613-667) and index.

Turks in the Gaochang provisioning texts / Wu Yugui -- The Chinese Persia expeditionary force as referenced in the Turfan documents / Jiang Boqin -- The nine Zhaowu surnames (Sogdians) in the six Hu prefectures and other places in the Tang Dynasty / Zhang Guangda -- The religious background to the An Lushan Rebellion / Rong Xinjiang -- The establishment of the Khitan state and Uyghur culture / Wang Xiaofu -- The forenames and courtesy names of the Khitans : the father-son name linkage system from the perspective of cultural anthropology / Liu Pujiang and Kang Peng -- Khitan tribal organization and the birth of the Khirtan state / Cai Meibiao -- Regarding the Mongol bo'ol in the 11th and 12th centuries / Yekemingghadai Irinchin -- A critical examination of the year of birth of Chinggis Khan / Zhou Qingshu -- The Kirghiz and neighboring tribes in the Yuan Dynasty / Han Rulin -- The Kerait kingdom up to the thirteenth century / Chen Dezhi -- A study of Küšän Tarim in the Yuan Dynasty / Liu Yingsheng -- Liquor still and milk-wine distilling technology in the Mongol-Yuan period / Luo Feng -- Reflections on the appellations of Xiongnu Shanyu titles / Luo Xin -- From tribal confederacy to ethnic community : on historical changes in Manchu identity before the mid-Qing / Yao Dali.

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