
Eight centuries ago, in the latter days of the Islamic golden age, a young girl arrived in the Khwarazmian city of Tus. She was a slave. But she learned.Eight centuries ago, the Mongols blazed across the map, swept Khwarazm into the ash heap of histo...
Sitara spent her youth in the service of a scholarly household, where she was treated like family—the best life a slave like her could hope for in 13th century Iran. Then the Mongol invasions ripped it all away. Her home was burnt. Her beloved ...