| Description |
1 online resource (x, 318 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Papers presented at the "The Selijuqs: Islam revitalized?" conference, Edinburgh, 14-15 September 2008. |
| Summary |
This volume seeks to fill the gap in the historiography of premodern Islam and is conceived as a new standard scholarly resource for those interested in the Seljuk period. |
| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I POLITICS; Chapter 1 The Origins of the Seljuqs; Chapter 2 Aspects of the court of the Great Seljuqs; Chapter 3 'Sovereign and pious': the Religious life of the Great Seljuq sultans; Chapter 4 Kingship and ideology under the Rum Seljuqs; Chapter 5 Seljuq legitimacy in Islamic history; PART II SOCIETY; Chapter 7 Controlling and developing Baghdad: caliphs, sultans and the balance of power in the Abbasid capital (mid-5th/11th to late 6th/12th centuries). |
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Chapter 8 The Seljuqs and the public sphere in the period of Sunni revivalism: the view from Baghdad Chapter 9 Changes in the office of Hisba under the Seljuqs; Chapter 10 An emblematic family of Seljuq Iran: the Khujandis of Isfahan; PART III CULTURE; Chapter 11 Shiʻi jurisprudence during the Seljuq period: rebellion and public order in an illegitimate state; Chapter 12 In defence of Sunnism: al-GhazaIi and the Seljuqs; chapter 13 Arabic and Persian intertextuality in the Seljuq period: Hamidis Maqamat as a case study; chapter 14 City building in Seljuq Rum. |
| Access |
Owing to Legal Deposit regulations this resource may only be accessed from within National Library of Scotland. For more information contact enquiries@nls.uk. StEdNL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Seljuks -- Civilization -- Congresses.
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Seljuks -- Civilization. |
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Middle East -- History -- Congresses.
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Middle East. |
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History. |
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Seljuks -- Politics and government -- Congresses.
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Seljuks -- Politics and government. |
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Seljuks. |
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Seljuks -- Social life and customs -- Congresses.
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Seljuks -- Social life and customs. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Lange, Christian, 1975-
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Mecit, Songül.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Seljuqs. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2011 9780748639946 (OCoLC)730413660 |
| ISBN |
9780748647576 (electronic book) |
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0748647570 (electronic book) |
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1283252821 |
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9781283252829 |
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9780748675722 |
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0748675728 |
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9780748639946 |
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0748639942 |
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9780748668571 |
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