The great Seljuk Empire
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...
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Edinburgh University Press
2015
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| Series: | Edinburgh history of the Islamic empires
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The Rise of the Seljuks: From the Eurasian Steppe to the Gates of Cairo, c. 965-1092
- 2. Crisis, Consolidation and Collapse: The Great Seljuk Empire and the Sultanate of Iraq, 1092-1194
- 3. Sovereignty, Legitimacy and the Contest with the Caliphate
- 4. The Dargāh: Courts and Court Life
- 5. The Kuttāb: Bureaucrats and Administration
- 6. The 'Askar: The Seljuk Military
- 7. Religion and the Seljuk Empire
- 8. The Economic and Social Organisation of the Seljuk Lands
- Conclusion: The Seljuk Legacy