The Seljuqs : : Politics, Society and Culture / / Christian Lange, Songül Mecit.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Lange, Christian,; Mecit, Songül,
• MitwirkendeR: Behmardi, Vahid,; Bosworth, C. Edmund,; Campanini, Massimo,; Durand-Guédy, David,; Ephrat, Daphna,; Gleave, Robert,; Hillenbrand, Carole,; Hillenbrand, Robert,; Lange, Christian,; Mecit, Songül,; Paul, Jürgen,; Peacock, A. C. S.,; Redford, Scott,; Tor, D. G.,; Van Renterghem, Vanessa,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.) :; 29 B/W illustrations

Despite the many important developments and innovations traceable to the Seljuq period (5th-7th/11th-13th centuries), the Seljuqs remain one of the understudied Muslim dynasties. This unique collaborative exploration of the Seljuqs' achievement contributes to the growing interest in this pivotal dynasty. The various chapters in this volume cover a representative geographical spectrum, from Central Asia and Persia to Iraq, Syria and Anatolia, and address novel questions such as the ideological foundations and ritual expressions of Seljuq power, the mutual attitudes of the learned classes and the Seljuq state, the organization of space, and the relationship between nomads and the settled peoples.The book is divided into three parts: the origins of the Seljuqs, their gradual transformation into a powerful dynasty, and their concepts of political legitimation (part one); the social history of the Seljuq period, particularly with regard to the 'ulam?' and the urban populations (part two); developments in religious thought, jurisprudence, belles-lettres and architecture under the Seljuqs (part three).

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I. POLITICS -- 1. THE ORIGINS OF THE SELJUQS -- 2. ASPECTS OF THE COURT OF THE GREAT SELJUQS -- 3. ‘SOVEREIGN AND PIOUS’: THE RELIGIOUS LIFE OF THE GREAT SELJUQ SULTANS -- 4. KINGSHIP AND IDEOLOGY UNDER THE RUM SELJUQS -- 5. SELJUQ LEGITIMACY IN ISLAMIC HISTORY -- PART II. SOCIETY -- 6. ARSLĀN ARGHŪN – NOMADIC REVIVAL? -- 7. CONTROLLING AND DEVELOPING BAGHDAD: CALIPHS, SULTANS AND THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE ABBASID CAPITAL (MID- 5TH/11TH TO LATE 6TH/12TH CENTURIES) -- 8. THE SELJUQS AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE IN THE PERIOD OF SUNNI REVIVALISM: THE VIEW FROM BAGHDAD -- 9. CHANGES IN THE OFFICE OF ḤISBA UNDER THE SELJUQS -- 10. AN EMBLEMATIC FAMILY OF SELJUQ IRAN: THE KHUJANDĪS OF ISFAHAN -- Part III. Culture -- 11. SHIʿI JURISPRUDENCE DURING THE SELJUQ PERIOD: REBELLION AND PUBLIC ORDER IN AN ILLEGITIMATE STATE -- 12. IN DEFENCE OF SUNNISM: AL- GHAZĀLĪ AND THE SELJUQS -- 13. ARABIC AND PERSIAN INTERTEXTUALITY IN THE SELJUQ PERIOD: ḤAMĪDĪ’S MAQĀMĀT AS A CASE STUDY -- 14. CITY BUILDING IN SELJUQ RUM -- 15. THE SELJUQ MONUMENTS OF TURKMENISTAN -- Index