The New Islamic Dynasties : : A Chronological and Genealogical Manual / / C. E. Bosworth.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Bosworth, C. E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys : NEIS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (416 p.)

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748621378);Those coming to the study of Islamic history for the first time face a baffling array of rulers and dynasties in the many different areas of Islam.This book provides a comprehensive and reliable reference source for all students of history and culture. It lists by name the rulers of all the principal Islamic dynasties with Hijri and Common Era dates. Each dynastic list is followed by a brief assessment of its historical significance, and by a short bibliography. Fully updated and substantially revised and expanded for a modern audience, this handbook is based upon Bosworth's renowned The Islamic Dynasties, first published in 1967 and revised in 1980. As well as increasing the number of dynasties covered from 82 to 186, innovations in the new edition include much more extensive listings of honorific titles and of filiations, allowing genealogical connections within dynasties to be made. Key Features:Only reliable chronological and genealogical listing availableCovers all the areas of the Islamic world including Afghanistan, the Arabian peninsula, Central Asia, East Africa, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, North Africa, Persia, South East Asia, Spain, Syria, Turkey and West AfricaIncludes 186 dynastiesRecords those rulers who issued coins - of great interest to Islamic numismatics"

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Abbreviations used -- Introduction -- Chapter One. The Caliphs -- Chapter Two. Spain -- Chapter Three. North Africa -- Chapter Four. Egypt and Syria -- Chapter Five. Iraq and Jazira before the Seljuqs -- Chapter Six. The Arabian Peninsula -- Chapter Seven. West Africa -- Chapter Eight. East Africa and the Horn of Africa -- Chapter Nine. The Caucasus and the Western Persian Lands before the Seljuqs -- Chapter Ten. The Eastern Persian Lands, Transoxania and Khwarazm before the Seljuqs -- Chapter Eleven. The Seljuqs, Their Dependants and the Atabegs -- Chapter Twelve. The Turks in Anatolia -- Chapter Thirteen. The Mongols and their Central Asian and Eastern European Successors -- Chapter Fourteen. Persia after the Mongols -- Chapter Fifteen. Central Asia after the Mongols -- Chapter Sixteen. Afghanistan and the Indian Subcontinent -- Chapter Seventeen. South-East Asia and Indonesia -- Indexes: (a) Personal names,- (b) Dynasties, peoples, tribes, etc. (c) Places