The great Seljuqs : a history /
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| Author / Creator: | Başan, Aziz. |
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| Imprint: | Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2010. |
| Description: | ix, 209 p. : ill., maps ; 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/8266259 |
Table of Contents:
- List of maps
- Acknowledgements
- Spelling and abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- Ottoman influences
- Republican concerns
- Why the Seljuqs?
- The historians and their works
- The Turkish view and its problems
- Methodology
- 2. Overview
- Origins
- Conquest (985/993-1063)
- Empire (1063-92)
- Interregnum (1092-1105)
- Dissolution (1105-94)
- 3. Origins
- The Eurasian steppe zone
- The Oguz
- The Türkmen
- The Seljuqs
- 4. Conquest (985/993-1063)
- Transoxania
- The Türkmen of Iraq
- Victory at Dandankan
- Seljuqid sovereignty
- Ruler of the East and the West
- Seljuqid discord
- 5. Empire (1063-92)
- Unification of the empire
- The Caucasus and Transoxania
- The war for Anatolia
- Victory at Malazgirt
- Contention for the realm
- Transoxania
- The Caucasus
- Anatolia
- Syria and Palestine
- The rise of Süleyman-Shah
- Incorporation of Syria
- Anatolia after Süleyman-Shah
- Central Asia
- Arabian peninsula and the Gulf
- Coming of the assassins
- 6. Interregnum (1092-1105)
- Contention for the realm
- Coming of the Crusaders
- The rise of Muhammad Tapar
- Anatolia and Syria
- 7. Dissolution (1105-94)
- Unruly servants and vassals
- The Crusaders
- Transoxania and the Ghaznavids
- The Seljuqs of Iraq
- Sultan Mahmud
- Dissension
- Defeat at Katvan
- Sultan MasÆud
- The Oguz rebellion
- Collapse
- 8. Evaluation
- Nomadic pastoral organization
- The Seljuqs' nobility and aspirations
- The problems of conquest
- The conquest of Anatolia
- The basis of empire
- The power struggle
- Common ownership of the realm
- The role of women
- 9. Conclusion
- Appendix 1. Maps
- Appendix 2. The Oguz
- Appendix 3. Seljuq rulers
- Bibliography.
- Index