A. C. S. Peacock

Great Seljuk Empire (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

The first textbook introduction to the history of the Great Seljuk Islamic Empire to be published in English

Received an honorable mention at the 2016 British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize

The Great Seljuk Empire was the Turkish state which dominated the Middle East and Central Asia in the eleventh and twelfth 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.

Key Features

• The first book in a western language to offer an overview of this major Islamic empire
• 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 organization 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, family trees
• Text boxes introduce key themes and institutions

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780748638277
• Artikelnr.: 72429716

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.