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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784950903321

Autore

Basan Aziz

Titolo

The great Seljuqs : a history / / Aziz Basan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-95392-2

1-136-95393-0

1-282-65628-7

9786612656286

0-203-84923-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the history of Iran and Turkey

Disciplina

950/.1

Soggetti

Seljuks - History

Seljuks - Historiography

Turkey History To 1453

Turkey History To 1453 Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Maps; Acknowledgements; Spelling and abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Overview; 3 Origins; 4 Conquest (985/993-1063); 5 Empire (1063-92); 6 Interregnum (1092-1105); 7 Dissolution (1105-94); 8 Evaluation; 9 Conclusion; Appendix 1: Maps; Appendix 2: The Oguz According to Rashid al-Din; Appendix 3: Seljuq rulers; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a broad history of the Seljuq Turks from their origins and early conquests in the 10th century, through the rise of empire, until its dissolution at the end of the 12th. Where the history of the Seljuqs is usually studied in the context of medieval Persian, Arabic or Islamic history, this book considers the topic from the perspective of Turkish history.Examining the corpus of academic work on the period and how Turkish historiography has interpreted and understood the Seljuqs, the author demonstrates how the Great Seljuq Empire can be consider