Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; The steppe region in world history, Kaare Grønbech; A geographical history of Central Asia, K. de B. Codrington; Tribal names and titles amongst the Altaic peoples, Omeljan Pritsak; The oldest mentions of the Turks in Arabic literature, Tadeusz Kowalski; The Turks in the Shah-nama, Tadeusz Kowalski; Khazar Turkish ghulams in caliphal service, Peter B. Golden; Al-Xwarazmi on the peoples of Central Asia, C.E. Bosworth and Sir Gerard Clauson; Turks in the Middle East before the Saljuqs, Richard N. Frye and Aydin M. Sayili; The Turks in the Islamic lands up to the mid-11th century, C.E. Bosworth; Barbarian incursions: the coming of the Turks into the Islamic world, C.E. Bosworth; Notes on the Risala of Ibn-Fadlan, R.N. Frye and R.P. Blake; Mu'tasim and the Turks, Osman S.A. Ismail; Aspects of the early history of the Central Asian guard corps in Islam, C.I. Beckwith; The founding of a new capital: Samarra', Osman S.A. Ismail; The Malik-nama and the history of Seljuqid origins, Claude Cahen; The Turkish tribes of Western Asia during the Seljuqid period, Claude Cahen; Index.