The Seljuqs : politics, society and culture /: politics, society and culture. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Christian Lange and Songül Mecit.
• Other Names: Lange, Christian, 1975-; Mecit, Songül
• Contents: Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I POLITICS; Chapter 1 The Origins of the Seljuqs; Chapter 2 Aspects of the court of the Great Seljuqs; Chapter 3 'Sovereign and pious': the Religious life of the Great Seljuq sultans; Chapter 4 Kingship and ideology under the Rum Seljuqs; Chapter 5 Seljuq legitimacy in Islamic history; PART II SOCIETY; Chapter 7 Controlling and developing Baghdad: caliphs, sultans and the balance of power in the Abbasid capital (mid-5th/11th to late 6th/12th centuries). Chapter 8 The Seljuqs and the public sphere in the period of Sunni revivalism: the view from Baghdad Chapter 9 Changes in the office of Hisba under the Seljuqs; Chapter 10 An emblematic family of Seljuq Iran: the Khujandis of Isfahan; PART III CULTURE; Chapter 11 Shiʻi jurisprudence during the Seljuq period: rebellion and public order in an illegitimate state; Chapter 12 In defence of Sunnism: al-GhazaIi and the Seljuqs; chapter 13 Arabic and Persian intertextuality in the Seljuq period: Hamidis Maqamat as a case study; chapter 14 City building in Seljuq Rum.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 318 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 956/.014; Seljuks -- Civilization -- Congresses; Seljuks -- Politics and government -- Congresses; Seljuks -- Social life and customs -- Congresses; HISTORY -- Middle East -- General; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General; Seljuks -- Civilization; Seljuks -- Politics and government; Seljuks -- Social life and customs; Middle East -- History -- Congresses; Middle East; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780748647576; 0748647570; 1283252821; 9781283252829; 9780748675722; 0748675728
• Related ISBNs: 9780748639946; 0748639942; 9780748668571
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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