The Great Seljuk Empire / / A. C. S. Peacock.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Peacock, A. C. S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: The Edinburgh History of the Islamic Empires : EHIE
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (392 p.) :; 50 B/W illustrations

The first textbook introduction to the history of the Great Seljuk Islamic Empire to be published in EnglishReceived an honorable mention at the 2016 British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book PrizeThe 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 East. The Turkish invasions played a role in provoking the Crusades, led to the collapse of Byzantine power in Anatolia and brought about the beginnings of Turkish settlement in what is now Turkey and Iran, permanently altering their ethnic and linguistic composition.Key FeaturesThe first book in a western language to offer an overview of this major Islamic empireProvides a narrative history and a thematic analysis of the empire’s institutions and aspects of life in the Seljuk worldExamines the political, administrative, military, religious, economic and social organization of the Great Seljuk Empire using a wide variety of historical and literary sourcesDraws on the evidence of archaeology and material cultureIllustrated with images, maps, charts, family treesText boxes introduce key themes and institutions"

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Box Text -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Note on Transliteration, Conventions and Geographical Terminology -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 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 Dargāh: Courts and Court Life -- 5. The Kuttāb: 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 -- Appendix I. Regnal Dates of Seljuk Sultans, ‘Abbasid Caliphs, Khwarazmshahs and Principal Atabegs1 -- Appendix II. Genealogical Chart of the Seljuk Sultans -- Appendix III. Chronological Outline -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index