Papers on Inner Asia

<p><i>Papers on Inner Asia</i> is a refereed occasional paper series focused on the history language literature and culture of Inner Asia. Inner Asia is defined as the region that includes Islamic Central Asia (the areas sometimes called Western Eastern and Afghan Turkestan) Mongolia Manchuria and Tibet. The papers deal with various topics related to this vast region in fields of history philology linguistics anthropology archeology and economics among others. Works on certain subjects that transcend the boundaries of Inner Asia in its strict sense but are relevant for the study of its peoples languages history and culture are also included. The <i>Papers</i> were launched by Yuri Bregel in 1986. Beginning in 2020 the series is divided into six sub-series: (1) Islamic Central Asia; (2) Volga-Ural region and Western Siberia; (3) Mongolian and Manchu Studies; (4) Tibetan Studies; (5) Inner Asia through the Twelfth Century; and (6) The Mongol Empire Thirteenth-Fourteenth Centuries. <i>Papers on Inner Asia</i> is designed to ensure prompt publication of scholarly papers and to facilitate the publication of longer papers which are large enough not to be accepted by most scholarly journals.</p>