The Seljuqs: Politics, Society and Culture

ISBN-13: 9780748639946 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 328 str.

Christian Lange;Songül Mecit

Opis

A unique collaborative exploration of this pivotal yet understudied Muslim dynasty. What were the ideological foundations and ritual expressions of Seljuq power? How did the learned classes and the state feel about each other? How was social space organised? What was the relationship between nomads and settled peoples? Split into three parts, this collection of essays addresses questions like these about life during the Seljuq period. Part 1 follows the gradual transformation of the Seljuqs into a powerful dynasty and their concepts of political legitimisation. Part 2 examines social history, particularly with regard to the 'ulama' and the urban populations. Part 3 explores how religious thought, jurisprudence, belles-lettres and architecture developed under the Seljuqs.

Spis treści

Part I. Politics: 1. The Origins of the Seljuqs, C. Edmund Bosworth, University of Manchester; 2. Aspects of the Court of the Great Seljuqs, Carole Hillenbrand, University of Edinburgh; 3. 'Sovereign and Pious': The Religious Life of the Great Seljuq Sultans, D. G. Tor, University of Notre Dame; 4. Kingship and ideology under the Rum Seljuqs, Songul Mecit, University of Edinburgh; 5. Seljuq Legitimacy in Islamic History, A. C. S. Peacock, British Institute at Ankara; Part II. Society: 6. Arslan Arghun – Nomadic Revival?, Jurgen Paul, University of Halle; 7. Controlling and Developing Baghdad: Caliphs, Sultans and the Balance of Power in the Abbasid Capital (Mid-5th/11th to Late 6th/12th Centuries), Vanessa Van Renterghem, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Paris; 8. The Seljuqs and the Public Sphere in the Period of Sunni Revivalism: The View from Baghdad, Daphna Ephrat, The Open University of Israel; 9. Changes in the Office of Hisba under the Seljuqs, Christian Lange, Utrecht University; 10. An Emblematic Family of Seljuq Iran: The Khujandis of Isfahan, David Durand-Guedy, University of Halle; Part III. Culture: 11. Shi'i Jurisprudence during the Seljuq Period: Rebellion and Public order in an Illegitimate State, Robert Gleave, University of Exeter; 12. In Defence of Sunnism: Al-Ghazali and the Seljuqs, Massimo Campanini, L'universita degli studi di Napoli L'Orientale; 13. Arabic and Persian Intertextuality in the Seljuq Period: Hamidi's Maqamat as a Case Study, Vahid Behmardi, Lebanese American University; 14. City Building in Seljuq Rum, Scott Redford, Georgetown University; 15. The Seljuq Munuments of Turkmenistan, Robert Hillenbrand, University of Edinburgh; Index