ISBN:
0748625720
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0748625739
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9780748625727
,
9780748625734
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 288 p)
,
ill. (some col.), 1 col. map, ports. (some col.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Turkish Myth and Muslim Symbol : The Battle of Manzikert
DDC:
956.1013
Keywords:
Seljuks History
;
Manzikert, Battle of, Turkey, 1071
;
Manzikert, Battle of, Turkey, 1071
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Seljuks ; History
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Abstract:
Turks ruled the Middle East for a millennium and eastern Europe for many centuries and it is an undoubted fact that they moulded the lands under their dominion. It is therefore something of a paradox that the history of Turkey and aspects of the identity and role of the Turks, both as Muslims and as an ethnic group, still remain little known in the west and undervalued in the Arabic and Persian-speaking worlds. This book contributes to historical scholarship on Turkey by focusing on its key foundational myth, the battle of Manzikert in 1071 - the Turkish equivalent of the battle of Hastings. M
Description / Table of Contents:
CONTENTS; List of figures; List of plates; Acknowledgements; Comment on transliteration and conventions used in the book; Part 1 Medieval Muslim Interpretations of the Battle of Manzikert ; 1. Introduction; 2. The twelfth-century accounts of the battle of Manzikert; 3. The thirteenth-century accounts of the battle of Manzikert; 4. The fourteenth- and fifteenth-century accounts of thebattle of Manzikert; 5. Writing the battle; Part 2 The Legacy of the Battle ; 6. The ongoing Muslim-Christian confrontation: thevictorious contribution of the Turks
Description / Table of Contents:
7. The heritage of Manzikert: the myth of national identityConclusion; Appendix A. The account of the battle of Manzikert byMichael Attaleiates, translated by Ruth Macrides; Appendix B. Translations of some other medieval Christianaccounts of the battle of Manzikert; Appendix C. Other medieval Muslim accounts of the battleof Manzikert; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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