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The Turks in the early Islamic world / edited by C. Edmund Bosworth.

Contributor(s): Bosworth, Clifford EdmundMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Formation of the classical Islamic world ; v. 9.Publication details: Aldershot [England] ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2007. Description: liii, 351 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN: 0860787192 (hbk. : alk. paper); 9780860787198 (hbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Turkic peoples -- HistoryGenre/Form: HistoryDDC classification: 958/.004943 LOC classification: DS26 | .T895 2007
Contents:
1. The Steppe region in world history / Kaare Gronbech -- 2. A geographical introduction to the history of Central Asia / K. de B. Codrington -- 3. Tribal names and titles amongst the Altaic peoples / Omeljan Pritsak -- 4. The oldest mentions of the Turks in Arabic literature / Tadeusz Kowalski -- 5. The Turks in the Shah-Nama / Tadeusz Kowalski -- 6. Khazar Turkic Ghulams in Caliphal service / Peter B. Golden -- 7. Al-Xwarazmi on the peoples of Central Asia / C. E. Bosworth and Gerard Clauson -- 8. Turks in the Middle East before the Saljuqs / Richard N. Frye and Aydin M. Sayili -- 9. The Turks in the Islamic lands up to the mid-11th century / C. E. Bosworth -- 10. Barbarian incursions : the coming of the Turks into the Islamic world / C. E. Bosworth -- 11. Notes on the Risala of Ibn-Fadlan / R. N. Frye and R. P. Blake -- 12. Mu'tasim and the Turks / Osman S. A. Ismail -- 13. Aspects of the early history of the Central Asian Guard Corps in Islam / C. I. Beckwith -- 14. The founding of a new capital : Samarra' / Osman S. A. Ismail -- 15. The Malik-Nama and the history of Seljuqid origins / Claude Cohen -- 16. The Turkish tribes of Western Asia during the Seljuqid period / Claude Cahen.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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