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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789644703321

Autore

Lange Christian

Titolo

The Seljuqs : politics, society and culture / / edited by Christian Lange and Songùˆl Mecit [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2011

ISBN

0-7486-5329-5

1-283-25282-1

9786613252821

0-7486-4757-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 318 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

956.014

Soggetti

Seljuks - Civilization

Seljuks - Politics and government

Seljuks - Social life and customs

Middle East History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-308) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction ---- Part I. POLITICS. 1. The Origins of the Seljuqs --- 2. Aspects of the Court of the Great Seljuqs --- 3. 'Sovereign and Pious': The Religious Life of the Great Seljuq Sultans --- 4. Kingship and Ideology under the Rum Seljuqs --- 5. Seljuq Legitimacy in Islamic History ---- Part II. SOCIETY. 6. Arslan Arghun - Nomadic Revival? --- 7. Controlling and Developing Baghdad: Caliphs, Sultans and the Balance of Power in the Abbasid Capital (Mid-5th/11th to late 6th/12th Centuries) --- 8. The Seljuqs and the Public Sphere in the Period of Sunni Revivalism: The View from Baghdad --- 9. Changes in the Office of Hisba under the Seljuqs --- 10. An Emblematic Family of Seljuq Iran: The Khujandis of Isfahan ---- Part III. CULTURE. 11. Shi'i Jurisprudence During the Seljuq Period: Rebellion and Public Order in an Illegitimate State --- 12. In Defence of Sunnism: Al-Ghazali and the Seljuqs --- 13. Arabic and Persian Intertextuality in the Seljuq Period: Hamidi's Maqamat as a Case Study --- 14. City Building in Seljuq Rum --- 15. The Seljuq Monuments of Turkmenistan.

Sommario/riassunto

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.