The Medieval Turks : : Collected Essays / / Carole Hillenbrand.

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• VerfasserIn: Hillenbrand, Carole,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (416 p.) :; 16 colour illustrations; 16 illustrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Figures --; Acknowledgements --; Preface --; 1 The Career of Najm al-Din İl-Ghazi --; 2 The Establishment of Artuqid Power in Diyar Bakr in the Twelfth Century --; 3 The History of the Jazira, 1100–1250: A Short Introduction --; 4 Malazgird --; 5 Marwanids --; 6 Mayyafariqin --; 7 Mu‘in al-Din Parwana: The Servant of Two Masters? --; 8 Mu‘in al-Din Sulayman Parwana --; 9 1092: A Murderous Year --; 10 Ibn al-‘Adim’s Biography of the Seljuq Sultan, Alp Arslan --; 11 The Power Struggle between the Seljuqs and the Isma‘ilis of Alamut, 487–518/1094–1124: The Seljuq Perspective --; 12 Some Reflections on Seljuq Historiography --; 13 Women in the Seljuq Period --; 14 Ravandi, the Seljuq Court at Konya and the Persianisation of Anatolian Cities --; 15 Artuqids --; 16 What’s in a Name? Tughtegin – ‘The Minister of the Antichrist’? --; 17 Aspects of the Court of the Great Seljuqs --; 18 Nizam al-Mulk: A Maverick Vizier? --; 19 The Life And Times of ‘Amid al-Mulk al-Kunduri --; 20 The Nizamiyya Madrasas --; 21 The Life and Times of the Artuqid Ruler Najm al-Din Alpı (r. 548/1154–572/1176) --; 22 What Is Special about Seljuq History? --; 23 ‘The View from Above’: Muslim Perceptions of the Turks of Syria and the Jazira in the Period 1070–1176 --; 24 A Cosmopolitan Frontier State: Relations among the Kurds, Arabs, Byzantines, Armenians, Persians and Turks under the Marwanids of Diyar Bakr, 990–1085 --; Original Sources of the Items in this Volume --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474485951; 9783110754001; 9783110753776; 9783110754087; 9783110753851; 9783110780390
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474485951
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Carole Hillenbrand.

Collects 24 papers on the medieval Turks by one of the world’s leading experts on medieval Islamic historyTraces the evolution of scholarship in the area over several decadesGathers many papers located in out-of-print or hard-to-find worksIncludes a preface that describes Professor Hillenbrand's fascination with medieval Turkey, and an index of names, places and termsThis volume explores the impact of the Turks on the medieval Islamic world. It covers themes such as nomadism, shamanism, clan and social structure, the role of women, military expertise, engagement with Islamic orthodoxy and the daily interface between Turks and non-Turks.The Medieval Turks is publishing alongside two further volumes of Carole Hillenbrand's collected papers: Classical Islam and Islam and the Crusades.