The New Islamic Dynasties. Edinburgh University Press. 2004. (New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys)

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Those coming to the study of Islamic history for the first time face a baffling array of rulers and dynasties in the many different areas of Islam. This book provides a comprehensive and reliable reference source for all students of history and culture. It lists by name the rulers of all the principal Islamic dynasties with Hijri and Common Era dates. Each dynastic list is followed by a brief assessment of its historical significance, and by a short bibliography. Fully updated and substantially revised and expanded for a modern audience, this handbook is based upon Bosworth's renowned The Islamic Dynasties, first published in 1967 and revised in 1980. As well as increasing the number of dynasties covered from 82 to 186, innovations in the new edition include much more extensive listings of honorific titles and of filiations, allowing genealogical connections within dynasties to be made. Key Features: * Only reliable chronological and genealogical listing available * Covers all the area Contents Abbreviations used Introduction CHAPTER ONE The Caliphs CHAPTER TWO Spain CHAPTER THREE North Africa CHAPTER FOUR Egypt and Syria CHAPTER FIVE Iraq and Jazīra before the Seljuqs CHAPTER SIX The Arabian Peninsula CHAPTER SEVEN West Africa CHAPTER EIGHT East Africa and the Horn of Africa CHAPTER NINE The Causasus and the Western Persian Lands before the Seljuqs CHAPTER TEN The Eastern Persian Lands, Transoxania and Khwārazm before the Seljuqs CHAPTER ELEVEN The Seljuqs, their Dependants and the Atabegs CHAPTER TWELVE The Turks in Anatolia CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Mongols and their Central Asia and Eastern European Successors CHAPTER FOURTEEN Persia after the Mongols CHAPTER FIFTEEN Central Asia after the Mongols CHAPTER SIXTEEN Afghanistan and the Indian Subcontinent CHAPTER SEVENTEEN South-East Asia and Indonesia Indexes