The Great Seljuk Empire /

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

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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 elev...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (392 p.) :; 50 B/W illustrations
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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

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