American historian
Beatrice Forbes Manz is an American historian of the Middle East and Central Asia who specializes in nomads and the Timurid dynasty. She currently works as a professor of history at Tufts University.[1] Her 1989 book The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane is considered one of the most authoritative accounts of the career of the conqueror Timur.[2][3]
She received a bachelor's from Harvard University in 1970 and a master's in Middle Eastern studies from the University of Michigan in 1974, then returned to Harvard for a doctorate in Inner Asian and Altaic studies which she received in 1983.[1] She is a fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society[4] and, as of 2014[update], president of the American Institute of Iranian Studies.[5]
She is the child of William H. Forbes and the well-known endocrinologist Anne Pappenheimer Forbes.[6]
Her book publications include:
- The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane (Cambridge University Press, 1989)[7]
- Power Politics and Religion in Timurid Iran (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
A selection of her articles include:
Beatrice Manz speaks English, French, German, Russian, Persian, Turkish, and Arabic.
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