The Great Seljuk Empire
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The Great Seljuk Empire
（The Edinburgh history of the Islamic empires）
Edinburgh University Press, c2015
- : pbk
- : hardback
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Bibliography: p. 338-360
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hardback ISBN 9780748638253
Description
The Seljuks, nomadic tribesman in origin, invaded the Middle East in the 11th century and established themselves as sultans in the Islamic tradition. The Great Seljuk Empire became one of the major empires of Middle Eastern history and dominated Central Asia, Iran, Iraq and Syria in the 11th and 12th centuries.The proposed book will provide the first English language general history of this empire. It will outline the chronological history of the empire and will then explore the religious and institutional history, based on the following themes:* The relationship between tribes and the state* The development of administrative and religious institutions* The nature and impact of Turkish settlement in the Middle East and its consequences* The long-term significance of the religious history of the period* The struggle for legitimacy and authority between sultans, caliphs, religious scholars and amirs* The political role of women in the Seljuk court* The Seljuks and the non-Muslim world.
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: pbk ISBN 9780748638260
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The first textbook introduction to the history of the Great Seljuk Islamic Empire to be published in English. The Great Seljuk Empire was the Turkish state which dominated the Middle East and Central Asia in the 11th and 12th centuries. This book surveys that period, which was one of exceptional importance, witnessing profound demographic, religious, political and social changes in the Islamic Middle East. The Turkish invasions played a role in provoking the Crusades, led to the collapse of Byzantine power in Anatolia and brought about the beginnings of Turkish settlement in what is now Turkey and Iran, permanently altering their ethnic and linguistic composition.
The first book in a western language to offer an overview of this major Islamic empire; It provides a narrative history and a thematic analysis of the empire's institutions and aspects of life in the Seljuk world; examines the political, administrative, military, religious, economic and social organisation of the Great Seljuk Empire using a wide variety of historical and literary sources; draws on the evidence of archaeology and material culture; Illustrated with images, maps, charts and family trees and text boxes introduce key themes and institutions.
Table of Contents
- List of box texts
- Illustrations and maps
- Abbreviations
- A note on transliteration, conventions and geographical terminology
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Rise of the Seljuk Empire: from the Eurasian Steppe to the Gates of Cairo, c. 965 1092
- Chapter 2. Crisis, Consolidation and Collapse: the Great Seljuk Empire and the Sultanate of Iraq, 1092 1194
- Chapter 3. Sovereignty, Legitimacy and the Contest with the Caliphate
- Chapter 4. The Dargah: Courts and Court Life
- Chapter 5. The Kuttab: Bureaucrats and Administration
- Chapter 6. The 'Askar: The Seljuk military
- Chapter 7. Religion and the Seljuk Empire
- Chapter 8. The Economic and Social Organisation of the Seljuk Empire
- Conclusion: The Seljuk Legacy
- Appendices: Regnal Dates of Seljuk Sultans
- 'Abbasid Caliphs, Khwarazmshahs and principal Atabegs
- Genealogical chart of the Seljuk Sultans
- Chronological Outline
- Glossary
- Bibliography.
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