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Books in the Routledge Studies in the History of Iran and Turkey series

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  • - The politics of Jihad
    by Qatar) El-Azhari & Taef (Qatar University
    £38.49 - 137.49

  • - Poetry as a Source for Iranian History
    by G. E. Tetley
    £44.49 - 128.49

    Focuses on the relationship of the panegyric poets Farrukhi Sistani and Mu'izzi to the Ghaznavid and Seljuk rulers and dignitaries for whom they wrote. This book investigates the reliability of the historical information which may be gathered from the poems, and draws comparisons with other historical sources.

  • - A New Interpretation
    by A. C. S. Peacock
    £50.99 - 137.49

  • - A History of Isfahan in the Saljuq Period
    by David Durand-Guedy
    £50.99 - 137.49

    Covers the history of Iran in the eleventh and twelfth century under the rule of the Saljuqid Turks. This book focuses on the city of Isfahan and the interaction of the Iranian elites and Turkish rulers.

  • - Selections from al-Kamil fi'l-Ta'rikh of Ibn al-Athir
    by D. S. Richards
    £41.99 - 132.99

    Ibn al-Athir, who died in the 13th century, is one of the most important historians of Islam. His major chronicle, "the Kamil fi'l-Ta'rikh", is one of the greatest achievements of Muslim historiography. This title covers the early years of conquest and the period of the 'great sultanate'.

  • - A History
    by Osman Aziz Basan
    £50.99 - 132.99

    Provides a broad history of the Seljuq Turks from their origins and early conquests in the 10th century, through the rise of empire until its dissolution at the end of the 12th. This book examines the corpus of academic work on the period and how Turkish historiography has interpreted and understood the Seljuqs.

  • - A Translation with Commentary of the Akhbar al-dawla al-saljuqiyya
    by Fernand G. Renier
    £43.49 - 132.99

    Offers a translation and commentary on one of the key primary documents for the history of Western Persia and Iraq in the 11th and 12th centuries. Focusing on many otherwise obscure aspects of the political history of the region, this book provides a context for the political history of the wider area.

  • - Bal'ami's Tarikhnamah
    by Andrew Peacock
    £132.99

  • - A Persian Renaissance
    by UK) Lane & George E. (School of Oriental and African Studies
    £57.49 - 132.99

    Opposes the way in which, the whole period of Mongol domination of Iran has been viewed from a negative standpoint.

  • - Evolution of a Dynasty
    by UK) Mecit & Songul (University of Edinburgh
    £47.49 - 132.99

  • - Travelers' Tales, Sultans, and Scholars Since the Eighth Century
     
    £132.99

    The chapters move between ancient and contemporary literature, exploring Sultan Selim¿s interest in dream interpretation, translating newly uncovered poetry and exploring the works of Orhan Pamuk. Linguistic complexities of the Turkish language and dialects are analysed, while new translations of 16th century decrees offer insight into Ottoman justice and power. This is a festschrift volume published for the leading scholar Bob Dankoff, and the diverse topics covered in these essays reflect Dankoff¿s valuable contributions to the study of Turkish language and literature.

  • - Travelers' Tales, Sultans, and Scholars Since the Eighth Century
     
    £41.99

    The chapters move between ancient and contemporary literature, exploring Sultan Selim¿s interest in dream interpretation, translating newly uncovered poetry and exploring the works of Orhan Pamuk. This is a festschrift volume published for the leading scholar Bob Dankoff.

  • - Qutb Al-Din Shirazi's Akhbar-i Moghulan
    by George Lane
    £21.99 - 51.99

  • - The Saljuq-nama of Zahir al-Din Nishpuri
    by Edmund Bosworth
    £123.99

    An annotated translation of Zahir al-Din's Nishapuri's Saljuq-nama. Nishapuri flourished in the 12th century and wrote a succinct history in Persian of the Seljuq Turks, a tribal group from Central Asia who established a vast empire in the course of the 11th century.

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