Jean-Paul Roux, PhD (5 January 1925 – 29 June 2009) was a French

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and a specialist in

Islamic culture Islamic culture and Muslim culture refer to cultural practices which are common to historically Islamic people. The early forms of Muslim culture, from the Rashidun Caliphate to the early Umayyad period and the early Abbasid period, were predomi ...

. He was a graduate of the

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, the

École du Louvre The École du Louvre is an institution of higher education and grande école located in the Aile de Flore of the Louvre Palace in Paris, France. It is dedicated to the study of archaeology, art history, anthropology and epigraphy. Admission is ...

, and the

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. In 1966 he was awarded a doctorate in literature in

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. He was director of research at

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from 1957 to 1970, the Science Secretary for the Department of Oriental Languages and Civilizations from 1960 to 1966, and a teacher of

Islamic art Islamic art is a part of Islamic culture and encompasses the visual arts produced since the 7th century CE by people who lived within territories inhabited or ruled by Muslim populations. Referring to characteristic traditions across a wide ra ...

at the

. He was General Commissioner for the Islamic Arts at the Orangerie de

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in 1971 and also at the

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in 1977. Jean-Paul Roux's ''Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire'' (2003) has been described as an "admirable short introduction" by historian David Morgan.David Morgan,
The Mongols
, p.186, Blackwell Publishing,

Publications

*''Gengis Khan et l'Empire mongol'', collection «

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» (nº 422), série Histoire. Paris: Éditions Gallimard (2002) ** US edition – ''Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire'', "

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" series. New York: Harry N. Abrams (2003) ** UK edition – ''Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire'', '

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' series. London: Thames & Hudson (2003) *''Montagnes sacrées, montagnes mythiques ''(1999) *''L'Asie centrale, histoire et civilisation ''(1997) *''Le roi, mythes et symbole ''(1995) *''Histoire de l'empire mongol'' (1993) *''Tamerlan ''(1991) *''Jésus ''(1989) *''Le sang. Mythes, symboles et réalités'' (1988) *''Babur, histoire des Grands Moghols'' (1986) *''Histoire des Turcs ''(1984) *''Les explorateurs au Moyen Âge'' (1985, written with Sylvie-Anne Roux ) *''La Religion des Turcs et des Mongols'' (1984) *''Mustafa Kemal et la Turquie nouvelle ''(1983) *''Les traditions des nomades de la Turquie méridionale : contribution à l'étude des représentations religieuses des sociétés turques d'après les enquêtes effectuées chez les Yörük et les Tahtaci'' (1969) *''Faune et flore sacrées dans les sociétés altaïques ''(1966) *''La mort (la survie) chez les peuples altaïques anciens et médiévaux d'après les documents écrits'' (1963)

References

BiblioMonde

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Roux, Jean-Paul Historians of Islamic art University of Paris alumni 1925 births Mongolists Turkologists 2009 deaths French male non-fiction writers 20th-century French historians 20th-century French male writers Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Turkey