The Medieval Turks : collected essays / Carole Hillenbrand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hillenbrand, Carole, author.

Series:

Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture.

Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Turkic peoples--History--To 1500.

Turkic peoples.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (418 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]

Summary:

This volume collects 24 papers on the medieval Turks by one of the world's leading experts on medieval Islamic history. It covers themes such as nomadism, shamanism, clan and social structure, the role of women, military expertise, engagement with Islamic orthodoxy and the daily interface between Turks and non-Turks.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Preface

1 The Career of Najm al-Din İl-Ghazi

2 The Establishment of Artuqid Power in Diyar Bakr in the Twelfth Century

3 The History of the Jazira, 1100–1250: A Short Introduction

4 Malazgird

5 Marwanids

6 Mayyafariqin

7 Mu‘in al-Din Parwana: The Servant of Two Masters?

8 Mu‘in al-Din Sulayman Parwana

9 1092: A Murderous Year

10 Ibn al-‘Adim’s Biography of the Seljuq Sultan, Alp Arslan

11 The Power Struggle between the Seljuqs and the Isma‘ilis of Alamut, 487–518/1094–1124: The Seljuq Perspective

12 Some Reflections on Seljuq Historiography

13 Women in the Seljuq Period

14 Ravandi, the Seljuq Court at Konya and the Persianisation of Anatolian Cities

15 Artuqids

16 What’s in a Name? Tughtegin – ‘The Minister of the Antichrist’?

17 Aspects of the Court of the Great Seljuqs

18 Nizam al-Mulk: A Maverick Vizier?

19 The Life And Times of ‘Amid al-Mulk al-Kunduri

20 The Nizamiyya Madrasas

21 The Life and Times of the Artuqid Ruler Najm al-Din Alpı (r. 548/1154–572/1176)

22 What Is Special about Seljuq History?

23 ‘The View from Above’: Muslim Perceptions of the Turks of Syria and the Jazira in the Period 1070–1176

24 A Cosmopolitan Frontier State: Relations among the Kurds, Arabs, Byzantines, Armenians, Persians and Turks under the Marwanids of Diyar Bakr, 990–1085

Original Sources of the Items in this Volume

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Other Format:

Print version: Hillenbrand, Carole The Medieval Turks

ISBN:

1-4744-8597-9

1-4744-8595-2

OCLC:

1292704738