Nomad military power in Iran and adjacent areas in the Islamic period / edited by Kurt Franz and Wolfgang Holzwarth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Nomaden und Sesshafte ; Band 18.

Nomaden und Sesshafte ; Band 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nomads--Iran.

Nomads.

Military power--Iran.

Military power.

Iran.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxi, 370 pages : illustrations (color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Wiesbaden : Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2015.

Summary:

Die Reihe "Nomaden und Sesshafte" versammelt Schriften zu einer neuen For-schungsperspektive, the verspricht, historische und gegenwärtige Prozesse zu klären und teilweise einer Neubewertung zu unterziehen. Die produktive Konfrontation zwischen nomadischen und sesshaften Lebensformen ist in vielen Zivilisationen der Welt eine prägende Kraft für die Ausbildung politischer Systeme, gesellschaftlicher Ordnungen und Vorsteilungswelten. Formen, Ergebnisse und Bedeutung dieser Inter-aktion stehen hier erstmaiig im Mittelpunkt. The impact of nomadic peoples constitutes a distinguishing feature in the history of Central Asia, the Iranian highlands and the Middle East, where political rule frequently depended on the military might of mounted nomads. State powers recruited nomad contingents, and nomad conquerors founded states, the Mongol Empire being simply the most successful such enterprise. In this reader, leading experts in Iranian, Central Asian and Islamic Studies explore the uses of this particular kind of military forte as well as its consequences for stale politics. The spotlight is directed at Iran and adjacent areas, where nomadic and settled groups coexisted in various forms of spatial proximity and political alliance. The chapters comprise surveys and case-studies that focus mostly on power relations between supreme rulers, who were sometimes themselves rooted in nomadic life, and lesser regional or nomad leaders. What were the strategies applied and pitfalls encountered in using nomad military resources? How efficient were nomad allies in the eves of their imperial lord or partner? What held these alliances together? What distinguished political systems built upon nomad conquest? How was warfare that embraced nomad troops visually represented in book illustrations? This volume highlights for the first time the workings and effects of the region's composite and partly nomadic armies, and thus presents a comprehensive overview of a hitherto understudied chapter of world history. Book jacket.

Contents:

Nomads and Regional Armies in the Middle East / Beatrice Forbes Manz Manz, Beatrice Forbes 1

Bedouin and States: Framing the Mongol-Mamluk Wars in Long-term History / Kurt Franz Franz, Kurt 29

Goodbye to the Türkmens?: The Military Role of Nomads in Iran after the Saljuq Conquest / David Durand-Guédy Durand-Guédy, David 107

Who Makes Use of Whom?: Some Remarks on the Nomad Policy of the Khwarazmshahs, 1150-1200 / Jürgen Paul Paul, Jürgen 137

The Horrors of War and the Arts of Peace: Images of Battle in Persian Manuscripts / Charles Melville Melville, Charles 155

Ibn Rhaldun on the Mongols and Their Military Might / Reuven Amitai Amitai, Reuven 193

The Army of Timur during the Battle of Ankara / Michele Bernardini Bernardini, Michele 209

Fighting with the Qizilbash: Preliminary Remarks on Safavid Warfare / Giorgio Rota Rota, Giorgio 233

Allies or Enemies?: The Yamut Turkmen and the Nascent Qajar State / Irene Schneider Schneider, Irene 247

Bukharan Armies and Uzbek Military Power, 1670-1870: Coping with the Legacy of a Nomadic Conquest / Wolfgang Holzwarth Holzwarth, Wolfgang 273.

Notes:

International conference proceedings.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9783895009204

3895009202

OCLC:

913198157

Publisher Number:

9783895009204