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Medieval Turks: Collected Essays [Kietas viršelis]

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This volume explores the impact of the Turks on the medieval Islamic world. 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. The Medieval Turks is publishing alongside two further volumes of Carole Hillenbrand's collected papers: Classical Islam and Islam and the Crusades.


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.
List of Figures
vii
Acknowledgements ix
Preface x
1 The Career of Najm al-Din Il-Ghazi
1(49)
2 The Establishment of Artuqid Power in Diyar Bakr in the Twelfth Century
50(26)
3 The History of the Jazira, 1100-1250: A Short Introduction
76(13)
4 Malazgird
89(5)
5 Marwanids
94(4)
6 Mayyafariqin
98(10)
7 Mu'in al-Din Parwana: The Servant of Two Masters?
108(9)
8 Mu'in al-Din Sulayman Parwana
117(4)
9 1092: A Murderous Year
121(15)
10 Ibn al-Adim's Biography of the Seljuq Sultan, Alp Arslan
136(9)
11 The Power Struggle between the Seljuqs and the Isma'ilis of Alamut, 487-518/1094-1124: The Seljuq Perspective
145(18)
12 Some Reflections on Seljuq Historiography
163(19)
13 Women in the Seljuq Period
182(20)
14 Ravandi, the Seljuq Court at Konya and the Persianisation of Anatolian Cities
202(13)
15 Artuqids
215(5)
16 What's in a Name? Tughtegin -'The Minister of the Antichrist'?
220(14)
17 Aspects of the Court of the Great Seljuqs
234(20)
18 Nizam al-Mulk: A Maverick Vizier?
254(16)
19 The Life And Times of 'Amid al-Mulk al-Kunduri
270(18)
20 The Nizamiyya Madrasas
288(14)
21 The Life and Times of the Artuqid Ruler Najm al-Din Alpi (r. 548/1154-572/1176)
302(19)
22 What Is Special about Seljuq History?
321(15)
23 `The View from Above': Muslim Perceptions of the Turks of Syria and the Jazira in the Period 1070-1176
336(25)
24 A Cosmopolitan Frontier State: Relations among the Kurds, Arabs, Byzantines, Armenians, Persians and Turks under the Marwanids of Diyar Bakr, 990-1085
361(15)
Original Sources of the Items in this Volume 376(3)
Index 379
Carole Hillenbrand, Honorary Professorial Fellow, Professor Emerita, University of Edinburgh.