Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures, Tables and Maps vi
4. Acknowledgements xv
5. Notes for Readers xviii
6. Abbreviations xix
7. Series Editor’s Foreword xxi
8. Preface xxii
9. INTRODUCTION 1
10. CHAPTER 1 The First Ghaznavid Qur’ans: Alliance of Power and Religion 52
11. CHAPTER 2 A Sultan’s Qur’an: A New Genre 114
12. CHAPTER 3 A Royal Ghaznavid Atelier 160
13. CHAPTER 4 Ghurid Qur’ans in a Connected World 208
14. CHAPTER 5 A Polycentric Landscape in Khurasan and Beyond 252
15. CONCLUSION From Codicology to Cultural Materiality 315
16. Appendix I: Script and Layout Studies of the Earliest Ghaznavid Qur’ans 323
17. Appendix II: List of Qur’ans from the Medieval Eastern Islamic World, c. 950–1250 CE 331
18. Glossary 344
19. References 346
20. Index 367