Iranian Elites and Turkish Rulers: A History of Isfahan in the Saljuq Period

by David Durand-Guédy

The Saljuq period of the eleventh and twelfth centuries saw the arrival in Iran of T rkmen nomads from Central Asia and the beginning of Turkish rule. Through the example of the city of Isfahan, the book analyses the internal evolution of Iranian society in this period and the interaction of the Iranian elites and Turkish rulers.

Drawing on an analysis of a wide range of sources, including poetic and epistolary material, this study fills...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415457106
• ISBN13: 9780415457101
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"