The Turkic peoples in medieval Arabic writings /

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Author / Creator:Frenkel, Yehoshua.
Imprint:New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group , 2015.
Description:ix, 143 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Routledge studies in the history of Iran and Turkey
Routledge studies in the history of Iran and Turkey.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10149946
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ISBN:9780415747646 (hardback)
0415747643 (hardback)
9781315752952 (e-book)
1315752956 (e-book)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-133) and index.
Summary:"This book provides translations and analysis of the Arabic sources relating to the Turkic invasions of the Middle East in the eleventh century"--
"Translating a collection of the most important descriptions of the Turks found in medieval Arabic texts into English, this book aims at delineating the coming of the Turkic people in the eleventh century, their military successes in Iran and Iraq, and the emergence of the sultanate. The book introduces the reader to the history of the Islamic Caliphate and the Turkic people. This introduction is followed by annotated translated sources which illuminate; the view of the Eurasian steppes in Muslim-Arabic geographical writing from the pre-Salj

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