Seljuks of Anatolia

Andrew Peacock is Lecturer in the School of History, University of St Andrews. He holds a PhD in Oriental Studies from the University of Cambridge and is the author of Early Seljuq History: A New Interpretation (2010). Sara Nur Yildiz is Research Associate at the University of St Andrews. She holds a PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago.

• Chapter 1: Introduction Part One: Dynastic Identity and the Great Seljuk Inheritance Chapter 2: The House of Mengujek in Divrioi: Constructions of Dynastic Identity in the Late 12th Century Chapter 3: 'The King of the East and the West': the Seljuk Dynastic Concept and Titles in the Muslim and Christian Sources Chapter 4: A Nadim for the Sultan: Rawandi and the Anatolian Seljuks Part Two: The Royal Household Chapter 5: Harem Christianity: The Byzantine Identity of Seljuk Princes Chapter 6: Paper, Stone, Scissors: 'Ala' al-Din Kayqubad, 'Ismat al-Dunya wa 'l-Din, and the Writing of Seljuk History Part Three: Sufism at Court and in Society Chapter 7: In the Proximity of Sultans: Majd al-Din Ishaq, Ibn 'Arabi and the Seljuk Court Chapter 8: Sufis and the Seljuk Court in Mongol Anatolia: Politics and Patronage in the Works of Jalal al-Din Rumi and Sultan Walad Chapter 9: Futuwwa in 13th-century Rum and Armenia: Reform Movements and the Managing of Multiple Allegiances on the Seljuk Periphery Chapter 10: Conclusion: Research on the Seljuks of Anatolia: Some Comments on the State of the Art

'This impressive scholarly volume opens up several new lines of research into the turbulent and little-known history of Seljuk Anatolia, marked by religious and linguistic pluralism and fragmented political control. The contributors achieve an impressive coherence in their different approaches to the ideological, religious and literary character of the period, drawing on a range of what are usually described as ancillary sources such as inscriptions, evidence of architectural patronage, correspondence, hagiographies and didactic literature to supplement the meagre narrative chronicles of the time. Altogether, this is a valuable collection of studies that will quickly take its place among the growing body of new work on the Seljuks as a whole and the Seljuks of Rum in particular.' -Professor Charles Melville, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge