The Ghaznavid and Seljuq Turks
Subtitle: poetry as a source for Iranian history
By: G.E. Tetley
Series: Routledge studies in the history of Iran and Turkey; Routledge studies in the history of Iran and Turkey
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9781138780033
Subjects: Seljuks; Literature and history; Ghaznevids; History and criticism; Persian Poets; Persian poetry; Biography; History
Other titles: Ghaznavid and Seljuk Turks
Notes: Previously published: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-201) and index.
Table of contents: title: The social and political history of the period : the Turkish element; title: Farrukhī Sīstānī : his biography, background and patrons to 420/1029; title: Farrukhī Sīstānī : his biography and patrons from 420/1029 to the end of his career; title: Muʻizzī : biography to 485/1092, background, personality; title: Muʻizzī : biography, career and patrons, from 485/1092 to the end of Berkyārūq's reign (498/1105); title: Muʻizzī : life under Sanjar as malik, 498/1105 to 510/1117; title: Muʻizzī : the final phase : life under Sanjar as sultan, 510/1117 to c. 518/1124-27.