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Islam, literature and society in Mongol Anatolia / A.C.S. Peacock.

By: Peacock, A. C. S. (Andrew C. S.) [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in Islamic civilizationPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2019Description: pages cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781108499361; 9781108713481Subject(s): Mongols -- Turkey | Islam -- Turkey | Islam and politics -- Turkey | Sufism -- Turkey | Islamic literature, Turkish -- History and criticism | Turkish literature -- History and criticism | Turkey -- History -- To 1453 | Turkey -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 956.1/014 LOC classification: DR481 | .P37 2019
Contents:
Religion, politics and society -- The formation of Islamic Anatolia : crises of legitimacy and the struggle against unbelief -- Sufism and political power -- Sufism in society : futuwwa in Seljuq and Mongol anatolia -- Literature and religious change -- The emergence of literary Turkish -- Vernacular religious literature : tales of conversion, eschatology and unbelief -- Apocalyptic thought and the political elite.
Summary: From a Christian, Greek- and Armenian-speaking land to a predominantly Muslim and Turkish speaking one, the Islamisation of medieval Anatolia would lay the groundwork for the emergence of the Ottoman Empire as a world power and ultimately the modern Republic of Turkey. Bringing together previously unpublished sources in Arabic, Persian and Turkish, Peacock offers a new understanding of the crucial but neglected period in Anatolian history, that of Mongol domination, between c. 1240 and 1380. This represents a decisive phase in the process of Islamisation, with the popularisation of Sufism and the development of new forms of literature to spread Islam. This book integrates the study of Anatolia with that of the broader Islamic world, shedding new light on this crucial turning point in the history of the Middle East.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Religion, politics and society -- The formation of Islamic Anatolia : crises of legitimacy and the struggle against unbelief -- Sufism and political power -- Sufism in society : futuwwa in Seljuq and Mongol anatolia -- Literature and religious change -- The emergence of literary Turkish -- Vernacular religious literature : tales of conversion, eschatology and unbelief -- Apocalyptic thought and the political elite.

From a Christian, Greek- and Armenian-speaking land to a predominantly Muslim and Turkish speaking one, the Islamisation of medieval Anatolia would lay the groundwork for the emergence of the Ottoman Empire as a world power and ultimately the modern Republic of Turkey. Bringing together previously unpublished sources in Arabic, Persian and Turkish, Peacock offers a new understanding of the crucial but neglected period in Anatolian history, that of Mongol domination, between c. 1240 and 1380. This represents a decisive phase in the process of Islamisation, with the popularisation of Sufism and the development of new forms of literature to spread Islam. This book integrates the study of Anatolia with that of the broader Islamic world, shedding new light on this crucial turning point in the history of the Middle East.