The Great Seljuk Empire / / A.C.S. Peacock.
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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| Superior document: | The Edinburgh history of the Islamic empires |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press,, [2015] 2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Edinburgh history of the Islamic empires.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (394 pages) :; illustrations, maps. |
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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 Dargah: Courts and Court Life
- 5. The Kuttab: 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.