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The Great Seljuk Empire / Edition 1

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ISBN-10:: 0748638261
ISBN-13:: 9780748638260
Pub. Date:: 01/23/2015
Publisher:: Edinburgh University Press

ISBN-10:: 0748638261
ISBN-13:: 9780748638260
Pub. Date:: 01/23/2015
Publisher:: Edinburgh University Press

The Great Seljuk Empire / Edition 1

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Overview

The Seljuks, nomadic tribesman in origin, invaded the Middle East in the 11th century and established themselves as sultans in the Islamic tradition. The Great Seljuk Empire became one of the major empires of Middle Eastern history and dominated Central Asia, Iran, Iraq and Syria in the 11th and 12th centuries.The proposed book will provide the first English language general history of this empire. It will outline the chronological history of the empire and will then explore the religious and institutional history, based on the following themes:* The relationship between tribes and the state* The development of administrative and religious institutions* The nature and impact of Turkish settlement in the Middle East and its consequences* The long-term significance of the religious history of the period* The struggle for legitimacy and authority between sultans, caliphs, religious scholars and amirs* The political role of women in the Seljuk court* The Seljuks and the non-Muslim world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780748638260
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
Publication date:	01/23/2015
Series:	The Edinburgh History of the Islamic Empires
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	392
Sales rank:	897,610
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

A.C.S. Peacock is Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic History at the University of St Andrews, and holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge. His previous publications include The Great Seljuk Empire (2015) and Early Seljuq History (2010).

List of box texts; Illustrations and maps; Abbreviations; A note on transliteration, conventions and geographical terminology; Acknowledgements Introduction; Chapter 1. The Rise of the Seljuk Empire: from the Eurasian Steppe to the Gates of Cairo, c. 965-1092; Chapter 2. Crisis, Consolidation and Collapse: the Great Seljuk Empire and the Sultanate of Iraq, 1092-1194; Chapter 3. Sovereignty, Legitimacy and the Contest with the Caliphate; Chapter 4. The Dargāh: Courts and Court Life; Chapter 5. The Kuttāb: Bureaucrats and Administration; Chapter 6. The ‘Askar: The Seljuk military; Chapter 7. Religion and the Seljuk Empire; Chapter 8. The Economic and Social Organisation of the Seljuk Empire; Conclusion: The Seljuk Legacy; Appendices: Regnal Dates of Seljuk Sultans; ‘Abbasid Caliphs, Khwarazmshahs and principal Atabegs; Genealogical chart of the Seljuk Sultans; Chronological Outline; Glossary; Bibliography.

What People are Saying About This

University of Notre Dame Professor Deborah G. Tor

An elegantly and entertainingly written, painstakingly researched work that fills a glaring lacuna in the scholarly literature. Peacock’s book is, quite simply, the first ever to cover the entire Seljuq period, and the only available comprehensive overview of this critical era. It will no doubt become a standard work in the field.

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'Andrew Peacock is to be commended on the challenge undertaken. He has produced ‘the first serious overall study of the Great Seljuk Empire which has ever existed’. Our reviewer was impressed by the fact that the book is ‘very well and clearly organised’ and written in a ‘pleasing style which renders it remarkably accessible to the reader’. The book ‘places strong emphasis on the nomadic background of the Seljuks, and on the continued importance of their relations with the nomadic Turks who they led as well as were often in conflict with. This is something which the sources, the majority of which were written by bureaucrats or clerics – and certainly not by the Seljuks themselves or other Turks – has tended to obscure’. In short, Andrew Peacock has produced ‘a most remarkable book’.'

British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize

'This book is well written and the author provides an excellent overview of how the Seljuk empire probably looked and functioned.'

Der Islam - Willem Floor

'The Great Seljuk Empire is a truly impressive piece of scholarship that provides arguably the first full-length overview of Seljuk history in English and demonstrates Peacock's considerable experience in this area. It will also appeal to a broad audience. I am sure that students and non-specialists will find Peacock's engaging manner accessible, whilst appreciating the trouble he takes explaining key terms and concepts. For specialists, interested in the key thematic debates on this subject, this work provides new insights, but it also acts as a much-needed benchmark, drawing together the various studies produced thus far and reflecting upon their implications when considered as a corpus. In general, I am fully in agreement with Deborah Tor that this will rapidly become "a standard work in the field".' — Nicholas Morton, Al-Masaq, Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean

'An elegantly and entertainingly written, painstakingly researched work that fills a glaring lacuna in the scholarly literature. Peacock's book is, quite simply, the first ever to cover the entire Seljuq period, and the only available comprehensive overview of this critical era. It will no doubt become a standard work in the field.' — Professor Deborah G. Tor, University of Notre Dame
"Andrew Peacock is to be commended on the challenge undertaken. He has produced 'the first serious overall study of the Great Seljuk Empire which has ever existed'. Our reviewer was impressed by the fact that the book is 'very well and clearly organised' and written in a 'pleasing style which renders it remarkably accessible to the reader'. The book 'places strong emphasis on the nomadic background of the Seljuks, and on the continued importance of their relations with the nomadic Turks who they led as well as were often in conflict with. This is something which the sources, the majority of which were written by bureaucrats or clerics - and certainly not by the Seljuks themselves or other Turks - has tended to obscure'. In short, Andrew Peacock has produced 'a most remarkable book'." — British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize
"This book is well written and the author provides an excellent overview of how the Seljuk empire probably looked and functioned." — Willem Floor, Der Islam

From the Publisher

‘The Great Seljuk Empire is a truly impressive piece of scholarship that provides arguably the first full-length overview of Seljuk history in English and demonstrates Peacock’s considerable experience in this area. It will also appeal to a broad audience. I am sure that students and non-specialists will find Peacock’s engaging manner accessible, whilst appreciating the trouble he takes explaining key terms and concepts. For specialists, interested in the key thematic debates on this subject, this work provides new insights, but it also acts as a much-needed benchmark, drawing together the various studies produced thus far and reflecting upon their implications when considered as a corpus. In general, I am fully in agreement with Deborah Tor that this will rapidly become "a standard work in the field".’

Al-Masāq, Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean - Nicholas Morton

The Great Seljuk Empire / Edition 1

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