A. C. S. Peacock (Lecturer, School of History, University of St And

The Great Seljuk Empire

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first English language general history of the Great Seljuk Empire outlines its chronological history and will explores its religious and institutional history.

Produktdetails

• The Edinburgh History of the Islamic Empires
• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 596g
• ISBN-13: 9780748638260
• ISBN-10: 0748638261
• Artikelnr.: 41545302

Autorenporträt

A.C.S. Peacock is Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic History at the University of St Andrews, and holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge. His previous publications include The Great Seljuk Empire (2015) and Early Seljuq History (2010).

Inhaltsangabe

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.