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The Seljuks of Anatolia : court and society in the medieval Middle East / edited by A.C.S. Peacock and Sara Nur Yıldız.

Contributor(s): Peacock, A. C. S. (Andrew C. S.) | Yildiz, Sara NurMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Library of Middle East history ; 38Publication details: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2013. Description: xiii, 308 p. : ill., map ; 23 cmISBN: 9781848858879 (hbk.); 1848858876 (hbk.)Subject(s): Seljuks | Seljuks -- Civilization | Turkey -- History -- To 1453DDC classification: 956.014 LOC classification: DS27 | .S457 2013
Contents:
Dynastic identity and the great Seljuk inheritance -- The royal household -- Sufis at court and in society.
Summary: "Under Seljuk rule (c. 1081-1308) the formerly Christian Byzantine territories of Anatolia were transformed by the development of Muslim culture, society and politics, and it was then - well before the arrival of the Ottomans - that a Turkish population became firmly established in these lands. But these developments are little understood, and the Seljuk dynasty remains little studied. Yet the Seljuks of Anatolia were one of the most influential dynasties of the thirteenth-century Middle East, controlling some of the major trade routes of the period, playing a crucial role in linking East and West of the medieval world. This volume examines Seljuk culture and history by looking at developments both at court and in society at large and shed new light on Seljuk political culture and dynastic ideology, the engagement of politics with religion, and Christian-Muslim interaction. The Seljuks of Anatolia will be of great interest to researchers with interests in Byzantium as well as the material culture and society of the medieval Islamic world."--Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [286]-295) and index.

Dynastic identity and the great Seljuk inheritance -- The royal household -- Sufis at court and in society.

"Under Seljuk rule (c. 1081-1308) the formerly Christian Byzantine territories of Anatolia were transformed by the development of Muslim culture, society and politics, and it was then - well before the arrival of the Ottomans - that a Turkish population became firmly established in these lands. But these developments are little understood, and the Seljuk dynasty remains little studied. Yet the Seljuks of Anatolia were one of the most influential dynasties of the thirteenth-century Middle East, controlling some of the major trade routes of the period, playing a crucial role in linking East and West of the medieval world. This volume examines Seljuk culture and history by looking at developments both at court and in society at large and shed new light on Seljuk political culture and dynastic ideology, the engagement of politics with religion, and Christian-Muslim interaction. The Seljuks of Anatolia will be of great interest to researchers with interests in Byzantium as well as the material culture and society of the medieval Islamic world."--Publisher's website.