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Turks in the Indian Subcontinent, Central and West Asia : The Turkish presence in the Islamic world / edited by Ismail K. Poonawala.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2017Edition: First editionDescription: xxviii, 385 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780198092209 (hardback)
  • 0198092202 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 950.08993 POO 23
LOC classification:
  • DS26 .G52 2010
Contents:
Content: Figures Note on Transliteration Abbreviations for Periodicals 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, Benedek Péri; Part IV: Turkish Achievements in Cartography and Geography; 9. Piri Reis as a Renaissance Ottoman Turk, Svat Soucek; 10. Evliya Çelebi's 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 Notes on the Editor and Contributors
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"The papers collected in this volume were delivered on the occasion of the nineteenth Giorgio Levi Della Vida Award and Conference in Islamic Studies at the Gustave E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, on 18-19 May 2010"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Content:
Figures
Note on Transliteration
Abbreviations for Periodicals
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, Benedek Péri;
Part IV: Turkish Achievements in Cartography and Geography;
9. Piri Reis as a Renaissance Ottoman Turk, Svat Soucek;
10. Evliya Çelebi's 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
Notes on the Editor and Contributors