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The Seljuqs : politics, society and culture / edited by Christian Lange and Songul Mecit.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lange, Christian, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Seljuks--Civilization.
- Seljuks.
- Seljuks--Politics and government.
- Turkey--History--To 1453.
- Turkey.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 318 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume seeks to fill the gap in the historiography of premodern Islam and is conceived as a new standard scholarly resource for those interested in the Seljuk period.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. POLITICS. 1. The Origins of the Seljuqs
- - 2. Aspects of the Court of the Great Seljuqs
- - 3. 'Sovereign and Pious': The Religious Life of the Great Seljuq Sultans
- - 4. Kingship and Ideology under the Rum Seljuqs
- - 5. Seljuq Legitimacy in Islamic History
- Part II. SOCIETY. 6. Arslan Arghun - Nomadic Revival?
- - 7. Controlling and Developing Baghdad: Caliphs, Sultans and the Balance of Power in the Abbasid Capital (Mid-5th/11th to late 6th/12th Centuries)
- - 8. The Seljuqs and the Public Sphere in the Period of Sunni Revivalism: The View from Baghdad
- - 9. Changes in the Office of Hisba under the Seljuqs
- - 10. An Emblematic Family of Seljuq Iran: The Khujandis of Isfahan
- Part III. CULTURE. 11. Shi'i Jurisprudence During the Seljuq Period: Rebellion and Public Order in an Illegitimate State
- - 12. In Defence of Sunnism: Al-Ghazali and the Seljuqs
- - 13. Arabic and Persian Intertextuality in the Seljuq Period: Hamidi's Maqamat as a Case Study
- - 14. City Building in Seljuq Rum
- - 15. The Seljuq Monuments of Turkmenistan.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-308) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786613252821
- 9780748653294
- 0748653295
- 9781283252829
- 1283252821
- 9780748647576
- 0748647570
- OCLC:
- 749264664
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