The new Islamic dynasties : a chronological and genealogical manual / Clifford Edmund Bosworth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bosworth, Clifford Edmund, author.

Series:

New Edinburgh Islamic surveys.

New Edinburgh Islamic surveys

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--History.

Islam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (389 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2012.

Summary:

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748621378);Those coming to the study of Islamic history for the first time face a baffling array of rulers and dynasties in the many different areas of Islam.This book provides a comprehensive and reliable reference source for all students of history and culture. It lists by name the rulers of all the principal Islamic dynasties with Hijri and Common Era dates. Each dynastic list is followed by a brief assessment of its historical significance, and by a short bibliography. Fully updated and substantially revised and expanded for a modern audience, this handbook is based upon Bosworth's renowned The Islamic Dynasties, first published in 1967 and revised in 1980. As well as increasing the number of dynasties covered from 82 to 186, innovations in the new edition include much more extensive listings of honorific titles and of filiations, allowing genealogical connections within dynasties to be made. Key Features:Only reliable chronological and genealogical listing availableCovers all the areas of the Islamic world including Afghanistan, the Arabian peninsula, Central Asia, East Africa, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, North Africa, Persia, South East Asia, Spain, Syria, Turkey and West AfricaIncludes 186 dynastiesRecords those rulers who issued coins - of great interest to Islamic numismatics"

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Abbreviations used

Introduction

Chapter One. The Caliphs

Chapter Two. Spain

Chapter Three. North Africa

Chapter Four. Egypt and Syria

Chapter Five. Iraq and Jazira before the Seljuqs

Chapter Six. The Arabian Peninsula

Chapter Seven. West Africa

Chapter Eight. East Africa and the Horn of Africa

Chapter Nine. The Caucasus and the Western Persian Lands before the Seljuqs

Chapter Ten. The Eastern Persian Lands, Transoxania and Khwarazm before the Seljuqs

Chapter Eleven. The Seljuqs, Their Dependants and the Atabegs

Chapter Twelve. The Turks in Anatolia

Chapter Thirteen. The Mongols and their Central Asian and Eastern European Successors

Chapter Fourteen. Persia after the Mongols

Chapter Fifteen. Central Asia after the Mongols

Chapter Sixteen. Afghanistan and the Indian Subcontinent

Chapter Seventeen. South-East Asia and Indonesia

Indexes: (a) Personal names,- (b) Dynasties, peoples, tribes, etc. (c) Places

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-4744-6462-9

0-7486-9648-2

OCLC:

1152326311