Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. List of abbreviations x
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. PART I. POLITICS
8. 1. THE ORIGINS OF THE SELJUQS 13
9. 2. ASPECTS OF THE COURT OF THE GREAT SELJUQS 22
10. 3. ‘SOVEREIGN AND PIOUS’: THE RELIGIOUS LIFE OF THE GREAT SELJUQ SULTANS 39
11. 4. KINGSHIP AND IDEOLOGY UNDER THE RUM SELJUQS 63
12. 5. SELJUQ LEGITIMACY IN ISLAMIC HISTORY 79
13. PART II. SOCIETY
14. 6. ARSLĀN ARGHŪN – NOMADIC REVIVAL? 99
15. 7. CONTROLLING AND DEVELOPING BAGHDAD: CALIPHS, SULTANS AND THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE ABBASID CAPITAL (MID- 5TH/11TH TO LATE 6TH/12TH CENTURIES) 117
16. 8. THE SELJUQS AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE IN THE PERIOD OF SUNNI REVIVALISM: THE VIEW FROM BAGHDAD 139
17. 9. CHANGES IN THE OFFICE OF ḤISBA UNDER THE SELJUQS 157
18. 10. AN EMBLEMATIC FAMILY OF SELJUQ IRAN: THE KHUJANDĪS OF ISFAHAN 182
19. Part III. Culture
20. 11. SHIʿI JURISPRUDENCE DURING THE SELJUQ PERIOD: REBELLION AND PUBLIC ORDER IN AN ILLEGITIMATE STATE 205
21. 12. IN DEFENCE OF SUNNISM: AL- GHAZĀLĪ AND THE SELJUQS 228
22. 13. ARABIC AND PERSIAN INTERTEXTUALITY IN THE SELJUQ PERIOD: ḤAMĪDĪ’S MAQĀMĀT AS A CASE STUDY 240
23. 14. CITY BUILDING IN SELJUQ RUM 256
24. 15. THE SELJUQ MONUMENTS OF TURKMENISTAN 277
25. Index 309