The Turks in the Early Islamic World

406 Pages·2007·17.099 MB·English

by  C. Edmund Bosworth (editor)

THE FORMATION OF THE CLASSICAL ISLAMIC WORLD
General Editor: Lawrence I. Conrad
Volume 9
The Turks in the
Early Islamic World
THE FORMATION OF THE CLASSICAL ISLAMIC WORLD
General Editor: Lawrence I. Conrad
1 Byzantium on the Eve of Islam Averil Cameron
2 The Sasanian East on the Eve of Islam ShaulShaked
3 The Arabs and Arabia on the Eve of Islam Frank E. Peters
4 The Life of Mul).ammad Uri Rubin
5 The Expansion of the Early Islamic State Fred M. Donner
6 The Articulation of Islamic State Structures Fred M. Donner
7 Problems of Political Cohesion in Early Islam R. Stephen Humphrey
8 Arab-Byzantine Relations in Early Islamic Times Michael Bonner
9 The Turks in the Early Islamic World C. Edmund Bosworth
10 Patterns of Everyday Life David Waines
11 Production and the Exploitation of Resources Michael G. Morony
12 Manufacturing and Labour Michael G. Morony
13 Trade and Exchange in Early Islam A.L. Udovitch
14 Property and Consumption in Early Islamic Society Baber Johansen
15 Cities in the Early Islamic World Hugh Kennedy
16 Nomads and the Desert in the Early Islamic World Hugh Kennedy
17 Society and Individual in Early Islam to be announced
18 Muslims and Others in Early Islamic Society Robert E. Hoyland
19 The Christian Communities in the Early Islamic World Sidney H. Griffith
20 The Jewish Communities of the Early Islamic World David Wasserstein
21 Archaeology and Early Islam Donald Whitcomb
22 Early Islamic Numismatics and Monetary History Michael Bates
23 Early Islamic Art and Architecture Jonathan Bloom
24 The Qur'an: Style and Contents Andrew Rippin
25 The Qur'an: Formative Interpretation Andrew Rippin
26 The Development of Islamic Ritual Gerald Hawting
27 The Formation of Islamic Law Wael B. Hallaq
28 I;ladith: Origins and Development Harald Motzki
29 Early Islamic Historiographical Traditions Lawrence I. Conrad
30 Early Islamic Theology Josef van Ess
31 Eschatology and Apocalyptic in Early Islam Wilferd Madelung
32 Early Islamic Visions of Community Wadad al-Qadi
33 Shi'ism: Origins and Early Development Etan Kohlberg
34 Kharijite Movements in Early Islam Ridwan al-Saiid
35 The Emergence of Islamic Mysticism Bernd Radtke
36 The Early Islamic Grammatical Tradition Ramzi Baalbaki
37 Early Arabic Poetry and Poetics Suzanne Stetkevych
38 Early Arabic Prose Literature Fedwa Malti-Douglas
39 The Rise of Islamic Philosophy Everett Rowson
40 The Rise of Arab-Islamic Medicine Lawrence I. Conrad
41 The Exact Sciences in Early Islam JamilRagep
42 Magic and Divination in Early Islam Emilie Savage-Smith
43 Education and Learning in the Early Islamic World Claude Gilliot
44 The Early Islamic Manuscript Tradition Jan Just Witkam
45 Early Islamic North Africa to be announced
46 The Formation of al-Andalus I Manuela Marin
47 The Formation of al-Andalus II M. Fierro/J. Sams6
48 The Modern Study of Early Islam Lawrence I. Conrad
THE FORMATION OF THE CLASSICAL ISLAMIC WORLD
General Editor: Lawrence I. Conrad
Volume 9
The Turks in the
Early Islamic World
edited by
C. Edmund Bosworth
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THE FORMATION OF THE CLASSICAL ISLAMIC WORLD-9
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements vii
General Editor's Preface Xl
Introduction xiii
1. The Steppe Region in World History
Kaare Gr¢nbech 1
2. A Geographical Introduction to the History of Central Asia
K. de B. Codrington 15
3. Tribal Names and Titles amongst the Altaic Peoples
Omeljan Pritsak 59
4. The Oldest Mentions of the Turks in Arabic Literature
Tadeusz Kowalski 117
5. The Turks in the Shah-Nama
Tadeusz Kowalski 121
6. Khazar Turkic Ghulams in Caliphal Service
Peter B. Golden 135
7. Al-Xwarazm1 on the Peoples of Central Asia
C.E. Bosworth and Sir Gerard Clauson 167
8. Turks in the Middle East before the Saljuqs
Richard N. Frye and Aydin M. Sayili 179
9. The Turks in the Islamic Lands up to the Mid-11th Century
C.E. Bosworth 193
10. Barbarian Incursions: The Coming of the Turks into the Islamic
World
C.E. Bosworth 213
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11. Notes on the Risala of Ibn-Fadlan
R.N. Frye and R.P. Blake 229
12. Mu'ta~im and the Turks
Osman S.A. Ismail 261
13. Aspects of the Early History of the Central Asian Guard Corps in
Islam
C.I. Beckwith 275
14. The Founding of a New Capital: Samarra'
Osman S.A. Ismail 291
15. The Malik-Nama and the History of Seljuqid Origins
Claude Cahen 305
16. The Turkish Tribes of Western Asia during the Seljuqid Period
Claude Cahen 339
Index 347
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The chapters in this volume are taken from the sources listed below. The editor
and publishers wish to thank the authors, original publishers or other copyright
holders for permission to use their material as follows:
CHAPTER 1: Kaare Grpnbech, "The Steppe Region in World History", Acta
Orientalia XXIII (Oslo, 1958), pp. 43-56.
CHAPTER 2: K. de B. Codrington, "A Geographical History of Central Asia",
Geographical Journal CIV (London, 1944), pp. 27-40; 73-9.
CHAPTER 3: Translation of: Omeljan Pritsak, "Titulaturen und Stammesnamen der
altaischen Volker", Ural-Altttaischen Jahrbuch XXIV (Berlin, 1952), pp. 49-104.
Translation by Gwendolin Goldb loom. Copyright© 2006 Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
CHAPTER 4: Translation of: Tadeusz Kowalski, "Die altesten Erwahnungen der
Turken in der arabischen Literatur", Korosi Csoma-Archivum II (1926-32),
pp. 38-41. Translation by Gwendolin Goldbloom. Copyright © 2006 Ashgate
Publishing Ltd.
CHAPTER 5: Translation of: Tadeusz Kowalski, "Les Turcs dans le Sah-name",
Rocznik Oriental XV (1939-49), 84-99. Translation by Philip Simpson. Copyright
© 2006 Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
CHAPTER 6: Peter B. Golden, "Khazar Turkic Ghulams in Caliphal Service",
Journal Asiatique CCXCII (Paris, 2004), pp. 279-309. Copyright © 2004 Societe
Asiatique, Paris.
CHAPTER 7: C.E. Bosworth and Sir Gerard Clauson, "Al-Xwarazmi: on the Peoples
of Central Asia", Journal ofthe Royal Asiatic Society (London, 1965), pp. 2-12.
CHAPTER 8: Richard N. Frye and Aydin M. Sayili, "Turks in the Middle East before
the Saljuqs", Journal oft he American Oriental Society LXIII (Ann Arbor, 1943), pp.
194-207.
CHAPTER 9: C.E. Bosworth, "The Turks in the Islamic Lands up to the Mid-11th
Century", Claude Cahen, ed., Philologiae turcicae fundamenta III (Wiesbaden,
1970), pp. 1-20.
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CHAPTER 10: C.E. Bosworth, "Barbarian Incursions: The Coming of the Turks into
the Islamic World", D.S. Richards ed., Islamic Civilisation 950-1150 (Oxford,
1973), pp. 1-16.
CHAPTER 11: R.N. Frye and R.P. Blake "Notes on the Risala of Ibn-Fadlan",
Byzantina-Metabyzantina I (1949), pp. 7-37.
CHAPTER 12: Osman S.A. Ismail, "Mu'ta~im and the Turks", Bulletin of the School of
Oriental and African Studies XXIX, (London, 1966), pp. 12-24. Copyright © 1966
School of Oriental and African Studies. Reproduced with permission.
CHAPTER 13: C.I Beckwith, "Aspects of the Early History of the Central Asian
Guard Corps in Islam", Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi IV (1984), pp. 29-43.
CHAPTER 14: Osman S.A. Ismail, "The Founding of a New Capital: Samarra"',
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies XXXI (London, 1968),
pp. 1-13. Copyright© 1968 School of Oriental and African Studies. Reproduced
with permission.
CHAPTER 15: Translation of: Claude Cahen, "Le Malik-nameh et l'histoire des
origines seljukides", Oriens II (Leiden, 1949), pp. 31-65. Translation by Philip
Simpson. Copyright© 2006 Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
CHAPTER 16: Translation of: Claude Cahen, "Les tribus turques d'Asie Centrale
pendant la periode seljukide", Wiener Zeitschriftfiir die Kunde des Morgenlandes
LI (Wien, 1949-52) pp. 178-87. Translation by Philip Simpson. Copyright© 2006
Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
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