The history of the Seljuq state
Subtitle: a translation with commentary of the Akhbar al-dawla al-saljuqiyya
By: Clifford Edmund Bosworth
Contributors: Bosworth, Clifford Edmund
Series: Routledge studies in the history of Iran and Turkey
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9780415588447; 9780203841259
Work titles: Akhbār al-dawlah al-Saljūqīyah
Description: "The Akhbār al-dawla al-saljūqiyya' is one of the key primary documents on the history of Western Persia and Iraq in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. This book provides an accessible English translation and commentary on the text, making available to a new readership this significant work on the pre-modern history of the Middle East and the Turkish peoples. The text is a chronicle of the Seljuq dynasty as it emerged within the Iranian lands in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, dominating the Middle Eastern lands, from Turkey and Syria to Iran and eastern Afghanistan. During this formative period in the central and eastern Islamic lands, they inaugurated a pattern of Turkish political and military dominance of the Middle East and beyond, from Egypt to India, in some cases well into the twentieth century. Shedding light on many otherwise obscure aspects of the political history of the region, the book provides a more detailed context for the political history of the wider area. As such, it will be of great interest to scholars of Middle Eastern history and is an important addition to the existing literature on the Seljuq dynasty"--P. [i].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.