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

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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 pivota...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (328 p.) :; 29 B/W illustrations
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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

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