This is an outstanding work of collective scholarship from some of the best scholars on Islamic history. It aims to highlight the political and cultural history of the Turks not only within the context of the Indian Subcontinent where they laid the foundation of one of the biggest empires in the world through the Mughals, but also within the context of Central and West Asia.
This is an outstanding work of collective scholarship from some of the best scholars on Islamic history. It aims to highlight the political and cultural history of the Turks not only within the context of the Indian Subcontinent where they laid the foundation of one of the biggest empires in the world through the Mughals, but also within the context of Central and West Asia.
Ismail K. Poonawala is professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. A specialist in Isma?ili studies, he is the author of Biobibliography of Isma?ili Literature (1977) and editor of several Isma?ili texts. He has also translated with annotations, Volume IX of Tabari's history, entitled The Last Years of the Prophet (1990) and The Pillars of Islam, 2 vols (2002, 2004).
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* Figures * Note on Transliteration * Abbreviations for Periodicals * Preface * Introduction * Part I: Cultural Changes among the Turks and Their Emergence in the Islamic World * 1. 'Eternal Stones': Historical Memory and Notions of History among the Early Turkic Peoples * 2. The Waqf as an Instrument of Cultural Transformation in Seljuq Anatolia * 3. The Appearance of the Turks in the Islamic World * Part II: The Seljuqs and Their Legacy * 4. Brick versus Stone: Seljuq Architecture in Iran and Anatolia * 5. The Nizamiyya Madrasas * Part III: The Turks in the Indian Subcontinent * 6. Trans-regional Contacts and Relationships: Turks, Mongols, and the Delhi Sultanate in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries * 7. The Great Mughals: Relationships, Emotions, and Monuments * 8. Turkish Language and Literature in Medieval and Early Modern India * Part IV: Turkish Achievements in Cartography and Geography * 9. Piri Reis as a Renaissance Ottoman Turk * 10. Evliya Çelebi's Expeditions on the Nile * Part V: Turkish Connection of the Safavids * 11. Revisiting Safavid Origins in Light of Some Contemporary Documents * Index * Notes on the Editor and Contributors
* Figures * Note on Transliteration * Abbreviations for Periodicals * Preface * Introduction * Part I: Cultural Changes among the Turks and Their Emergence in the Islamic World * 1. 'Eternal Stones': Historical Memory and Notions of History among the Early Turkic Peoples * 2. The Waqf as an Instrument of Cultural Transformation in Seljuq Anatolia * 3. The Appearance of the Turks in the Islamic World * Part II: The Seljuqs and Their Legacy * 4. Brick versus Stone: Seljuq Architecture in Iran and Anatolia * 5. The Nizamiyya Madrasas * Part III: The Turks in the Indian Subcontinent * 6. Trans-regional Contacts and Relationships: Turks, Mongols, and the Delhi Sultanate in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries * 7. The Great Mughals: Relationships, Emotions, and Monuments * 8. Turkish Language and Literature in Medieval and Early Modern India * Part IV: Turkish Achievements in Cartography and Geography * 9. Piri Reis as a Renaissance Ottoman Turk * 10. Evliya Çelebi's Expeditions on the Nile * Part V: Turkish Connection of the Safavids * 11. Revisiting Safavid Origins in Light of Some Contemporary Documents * Index * Notes on the Editor and Contributors
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