The Seljuqs: Politics, Society and Culture

329 Pages·2011·4.64 MB·English

by  Christian Robert Lange

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The Seljuqs
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The
Seljuqs
Politics, Society and Culture
Edited by
Christian Lange and Songül Mecit
Edinburgh University Press
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© editorial matter and organisation Christian Lange and Songül Mecit, 2011
© the chapters their several authors, 2011
Edinburgh University Press Ltd
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ISBN 978 0 7486 3994 6 (hardback)
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accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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Contents
List of fi gures vii
Acknowledgements ix
List of abbreviations x
INTRODUCTION 1
PART I. POLITICS
1. THE ORIGINS OF THE SELJUQS 13
C. Edmund Bosworth, University of Manchester
2. ASPECTS OF THE COURT OF THE GREAT SELJUQS 22
Carole Hillenbrand, University of Edinburgh
3. ‘SOVEREIGN AND PIOUS’: THE RELIGIOUS LIFE OF THE
GREAT SELJUQ SULTANS 39
D. G. Tor, University of Notre Dame
4. KINGSHIP AND IDEOLOGY UNDER THE RUM SELJUQS 63
Songül Mecit, University of Edinburgh
5. SELJUQ LEGITIMACY IN ISLAMIC HISTORY 79
A. C. S. Peacock, British Institute at Ankara
PART II. SOCIETY
6. ARSLĀN ARGHŪN – NOMADIC REVIVAL? 99
Jürgen Paul, University of Halle
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7. CONTROLLING AND DEVELOPING BAGHDAD: CALIPHS,
SULTANS AND THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE ABBASID
CAPITAL (MID- 5TH/11TH TO LATE 6TH/12TH CENTURIES) 117
Vanessa Van Renterghem, Institut National des Langues et
Civilisations Orientales, Paris
8. THE SELJUQS AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE IN THE PERIOD
OF SUNNI REVIVALISM: THE VIEW FROM BAGHDAD 139
Daphna Ephrat, The Open University of Israel
9. CHANGES IN THE OFFICE OF ḤISBA UNDER THE SELJUQS 157
Christian Lange, Utrecht University
10. AN EMBLEMATIC FAMILY OF SELJUQ IRAN: THE
KHUJANDĪS OF ISFAHAN 182
David Durand- Gué dy, University of Halle
Part III. Culture
11. SHIʿI JURISPRUDENCE DURING THE SELJUQ PERIOD:
REBELLION AND PUBLIC ORDER IN AN ILLEGITIMATE
STATE 205
Robert Gleave, University of Exeter
12. IN DEFENCE OF SUNNISM: AL- GHAZĀLĪ AND THE
SELJUQS 228
Massimo Campanini, L’università degli studi di
Napoli ‘L’Orientale’
13. ARABIC AND PERSIAN INTERTEXTUALITY IN THE
SELJUQ PERIOD: ḤAMĪDĪ’S MAQĀMĀT AS A CASE STUDY 240
Vahid Behmardi, Lebanese American University
14. CITY BUILDING IN SELJUQ RUM 256
Scott Redford, Georgetown University
15. THE SELJUQ MONUMENTS OF TURKMENISTAN 277
Robert Hillenbrand, University of Edinburgh
Index 309
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Figures
CHAPTER 2
2.1 FRONTISPIECE OF THE KITĀB AL- DIRYĀQ OF PSEUDO-
GALEN, C. 648/1250 26
2.2 AL- JAZARĪ NAWBA SCENE, KITĀB FĪ MAʿRIFAT AL-
ḤIYAL AL- HANDASIYYA, IRAQ, 602/1206 29
2.3 ILLUSTRATION FROM VARQA VA- GULSHĀH BY
ʿAYYŪQĪ, C. 648/ 1250 32
CHAPTER 14
PHOTOGRAPHS BY TUFAN KARASU
14.1 MAP OF ANATOLIA IN THE EARLY 7TH/13TH CENTURY 258
14.2 SINOP CITADEL, 612/1215, PERSIAN POETIC
INSCRIPTION 262
14.3 SINOP CITADEL, 612/1215, INSCRIPTION OF EMIRS AND
NOTABLES OF AMASYA 264
14.4 SINOP CITADEL, 612/1215, INSCRIPTION OF SULTAN ʿIZZ
AL- DĪN KAY KĀWŪS 265
14.5 ANTALYA CITADEL, ELEVATION OF WALLS AND
TOWERS 267
14.6 CARVED PROFILE BUST ABOVE ENTRANCE TO THE
KIZIL KULE, ALANYA 272
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CHAPTER 15
IMAGES ALL DRAWN FROM G. HERRMANN, H. COFFEY,
S. LAIDLAW AND K. KURBANSAKHATOV, THE MONUMENTS
OF MERV. A SCANNED ARCHIVE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND PLANS
(LONDON, 2002)
15.1 MAUSOLEUM OF MUḤAMMAD B. ZAYD, MERV,
FAÇADE 279
15.2 KIZ BIBI MAUSOLEUM, MERV, SQUINCH ZONE 282
15.3 GREATER KIZ QALʿA, MERV, EXTERIOR FROM
SOUTH- EAST 283
15.4 LESSER KIZ QALʿA, MERV, MULTIPLE RECESSED
ARCHES 284
15.5 MAUSOLEUM OF IMAM BĀḤIR, SQUINCH ZONE 285
15.6 LESSER KIZ QALʿA, MERV, UPPER STOREY 286
15.7 MAUSOLEUM OF KHUDĀY NAẒAR AWLIYĀʾ,
EXTERIOR 287
15.8 MOSQUE OF TALKHATĀN BĀBĀ, INTERIOR 289
15.9 MAUSOLEUM OF ʿABDALLĀH B. BURAYDA, VAKĪL
BĀZĀR, STUCCOWORK 291
15.10 MAUSOLEUM OF MUḤAMMAD B. ZAYD, MERV,
INSCRIPTION 292
15.11 MAUSOLEUM OF ʿABDALLĀH B. BURAYDA, VAKĪL
BĀZĀR, INSCRIPTION 292
15.12 MAUSOLEUM OF SULTAN SANJAR, MERV, GALLERY,
INSCRIPTION 293
15.13 MOSQUE OF TALKHATĀN BĀBĀ, ROW OF BLIND
ARCHES 295
15.14 PALACE OF SHĀHRIYĀR ARG, MERV, PATTERNED
BRICKWORK 296
15.15 MOSQUE OF TALKHATĀN BĀBĀ, MAIN FAÇADE 297
15.16 MAUSOLEUM OF SULTAN SANJAR, MERV, AERIAL
VIEW 297
15.17 MAUSOLEUM OF SULTAN SANJAR, MERV, EXTERIOR 299
15.18 MAUSOLEUM OF SULTAN SANJAR, MERV, WEST
FAÇADE 300
15.19 MAUSOLEUM OF SULTAN SANJAR, MERV, INTERIOR,
ZONE OF TRANSITION 301
15.20 MAUSOLEUM OF SULTAN SANJAR, MERV, INTERIOR,
RIBS OF DOME 302
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Acknowledgements
It is a pleasure to acknowledge the institutions and individuals who helped this
volume to see the light of day. We are grateful to those who facilitated the con-
ference from which the great majority of the contributions in this volume are
derived (‘The Seljuqs: Islam revitalized?’, Edinburgh, 14–15 September 2008).
We would like to thank in particular the Iran Heritage Foundation, the Royal
Academy of Edinburgh, and the Binks Trust, who all supported this event gen-
erously. Edinburgh University’s Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES),
under the auspices of Carole Hillenbrand, as well as the School of Divinity/
New College graciously agreed to host the conference in their splendid build-
ings. At IMES, Rhona Cullen and Sophie Lowry provided the usual reliable
administrative support.
The comments and suggestions of the two anonymous reviewers of the book
proposal were gratefully received and incorporated into the volume. Nicola
Ramsey, James Dale and Eddie Clark at Edinburgh University Press accom-
panied the volume since its conception, offering a wealth of good advice and
support. Robert Hillenbrand kindly helped us locate a suitable image for the
front cover of the book. Finally, we would like to thank our copy-e ditor, Suzanne
Dalgleish, and our indexer, Howard Cooke, for their expert work.
The editors
Utrecht/Edinburgh, March 2011
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