For almost a millennium until the beginning of the twentieth century, Turkish rulers and military commanders controlled vast stretches of Islamic lands. While these rulers dominated lands far and wide-from Algeria in the west to Bengal in the east, reaching up to the Volga region in the north and Yemen in the south-Turkish scholars, theologians, jurists, poets, and other literary figures significantly influenced the Islamic world and its culture.
Highlighting 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 world's biggest empires in the form of the Mughal Empire, but also within the context of Central and West Asia-this outstanding work of collective scholarship moves beyond conventional frames of reference and reassesses the contribution of Turks in the shaping of the Islamic world and its civilization.
With contributions from some of the most noted scholars on Islamic history, the essays in this volume throw light on neglected themes such as the cultural changes among the Turks and their emergence in the Islamic world; their contributions in the fields of cartography and geography; Seljuq architecture and educational system; and the rise of the Safavids and the role of the Turks in the success of their military campaigns.
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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).
Herausgeber*in
, Professor of Arabic & Islamic Studies in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California at Los Angeles
Note on transliteration; Abbreviations for Periodicals; Notes on the contributors; Preface; ISMAIL K. POONAWALA; Introduction; ISMAIL K. POONAWALA; 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; PETER B. GOLDEN; 2. The Waqf as an instrument of cultural transformation in Seljuq Anatolia; GARY LEISER; 3. The appearance of the Turks in
the Islamic world; CLIFFORD EDMUND BOSWORTH; Part II: The Seljuqs and their legacy; 4. Brick versus stone: Seljuq architecture in Iran and Anatolia; ROBERT HILLENBRAND; 5. The Nizamiyya madrasas; CAROLE
HILLENBRAND; 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; SUNIL KUMAR; 7. The Great Mughals: Relationships, emotions and monuments; FRANCIS ROBINSON; 8. Turkish language and literature in Medieval and early modern India; PERI BENEDEK; Part IV: Turkish achievements in cartography and geography; 9. Piri Reis as a Renaissance Ottoman Turk; SVAT SOUCEK; 10.
Evliya Celebis expeditions on the Nile; ROBERT DANKOFF; Part V: Turkish connection of the Safavids; 11. Revisiting Safavid origins in light of some contemporary documents; ALI ANOOSHAHR; Index
