The Turks in the early Islamic world /

The Turks in the early Islamic world / edited by C. Edmund Bosworth. - Aldershot [England] ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2007. - liii, 351 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - Formation of the classical Islamic world ; v. 9 . - Formation of the classical Islamic world ; v. 9. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Steppe region in world history / A geographical introduction to the history of Central Asia / Tribal names and titles amongst the Altaic peoples / The oldest mentions of the Turks in Arabic literature / The Turks in the Shah-Nama / Khazar Turkic Ghulams in Caliphal service / Al-Xwarazmi on the peoples of Central Asia / Turks in the Middle East before the Saljuqs / The Turks in the Islamic lands up to the mid-11th century / Barbarian incursions : the coming of the Turks into the Islamic world / Notes on the Risala of Ibn-Fadlan / Mu'tasim and the Turks / Aspects of the early history of the Central Asian Guard Corps in Islam / The founding of a new capital : Samarra' / The Malik-Nama and the history of Seljuqid origins / The Turkish tribes of Western Asia during the Seljuqid period / Kaare Gronbech -- K. de B. Codrington -- Omeljan Pritsak -- Tadeusz Kowalski -- Tadeusz Kowalski -- Peter B. Golden -- C. E. Bosworth and Gerard Clauson -- Richard N. Frye and Aydin M. Sayili -- C. E. Bosworth -- C. E. Bosworth -- R. N. Frye and R. P. Blake -- Osman S. A. Ismail -- C. I. Beckwith -- Osman S. A. Ismail -- Claude Cohen -- Claude Cahen. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.

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History

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