Contents

pp v-vi

List of figures

pp vii-viii

Acknowledgements

pp ix-ix

List of abbreviations

pp x-x

INTRODUCTION

pp 1-10

PART I - POLITICS

pp 11-12

1 - THE ORIGINS OF THE SELJUQS

pp 13-21

2 - ASPECTS OF THE COURT OF THE GREAT SELJUQS

pp 22-38

3 - ‘SOVEREIGN AND PIOUS’: THE RELIGIOUS LIFE OF THE GREAT SELJUQ SULTANS

pp 39-62

4 - KINGSHIP AND IDEOLOGY UNDER THE RUM SELJUQS

pp 63-78

5 - SELJUQ LEGITIMACY IN ISLAMIC HISTORY

pp 79-96

PART II - SOCIETY

pp 97-98

6 - ARSLĀN ARGHŪN – NOMADIC REVIVAL?

pp 99-116

7 - CONTROLLING AND DEVELOPING BAGHDAD: CALIPHS, SULTANS AND THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE ABBASID CAPITAL (MID-5TH/11TH TO LATE 6TH/12TH CENTURIES)

pp 117-138

8 - THE SELJUQS AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE IN THE PERIOD OF SUNNI REVIVALISM: THE VIEW FROM BAGHDAD

pp 139-156

9 - CHANGES IN THE OFFICE OF ḤISBA UNDER THE SELJUQS

pp 157-181

10 - AN EMBLEMATIC FAMILY OF SELJUQ IRAN: THE KHUJANDĪS OF ISFAHAN

pp 182-202

Part III - CULTURE

pp 203-204

11 - SHIˁI JURISPRUDENCE DURING THE SELJUQ PERIOD: REBELLION AND PUBLIC ORDER IN AN ILLEGITIMATE STATE

pp 205-227

12 - IN DEFENCE OF SUNNISM: AL-GHAZĀLĪ AND THE SELJUQS

pp 228-239

13 - ARABIC AND PERSIAN INTERTEXTUALITY IN THE SELJUQ PERIOD: ḤAMĪDĪ'S MAQĀMĀT AS A CASE STUDY

pp 240-255

14 - CITY BUILDING IN SELJUQ RUM

pp 256-276

15 - THE SELJUQ MONUMENTS OF TURKMENISTAN

pp 277-308

Index

pp 309-318