George A. Lane

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George E. Lane is a British historian and author.

After "many years living and working in the Middle East and Asia", Lane began studying at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in 1991. [1] He earned a bachelor's degree in history and Persian in 1994, a master's degree in history in 1996, and a PhD in history in 2001. [2] He is a senior teaching fellow in History of the Middle East and Central Asia at the SOAS. [3] [4]

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  1. ↑ "Author biography for The Mongols in Iran: Qutb Al-Din Shirazi's Akhbar-i Moghulan". Routledge. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  2. ↑ "Alumni publications". SOAS People. Winter 2006. p. 6.
  3. ↑ "Interview with an Alum: George Lane" (PDF). The SOAS Spirit. School of Oriental and African Studies. 6 (4): 14. December 2013.
  4. ↑ "George Lane". The Conversation.
  5. ↑ Reviews of Early Mongol Rule in Thirteenth-Century Iran:
  6. ↑ Reviews of Genghis Khan and Mongol Rule:
  7. ↑ Reviews of Daily Life in the Mongol Empire:
  8. ↑ Morton, Nicholas (September 2018). "Review of The Mongols in Iran". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 29 (1): 193–194. doi:10.1017/s1356186318000342. ProQuest   2300038183.
  9. ↑ Reviews of The Phoenix Mosque and the Persians of Medieval Hangzhou:
  10. ↑ Reviews of A Short History of the Mongols:
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