The Formation of Turkey. The Seljukid Sultanate of Rūm: Eleventh to Fourteenth Century
| From Byzantium to the Mongols to the Sultans of Rum, this acclaimed book offers an important insight into the evocative history of Turkey before the coming of Ottoman power and illuminates a culture and a people who came to play a major role in the shaping of Europe and Asia.. Turkey forms a historical bridge between Europe and Asia and as such has played a pivotal role throughout history. The rise of Constantinople and the later Ottoman Empire are well known: less well understood are developments in the three centuries in-between. What led to the decline of the Byzantine Empire and what happened in the intervening years before the rise of the Ottomans? Translated from the original French, this classic work examines the history of the Turkey that eventually gave rise to an imperial power whose influence spanned East and West Those interested in Eastern European or Turkish history | |||
Table of contents : CONTENTS......Page 4 EDITOR'S NOTE......Page 6 AUTHOR'S PREFACE......Page 7 MAP......Page 10 INTRODUCTION......Page 11 PART ONE......Page 13 CHAPTER 1......Page 14 CHAPTER 7 1205-43......Page 34 Reign of Kay Qubadh I......Page 37 Reign of Kay Khusraw II to the Mongol invasion......Page 43 PART TWO......Page 48 PART THREE......Page 97 CHAPTER 16 1243-65......Page 98 Baiju's expedition & the ensuing troubles......Page 104 2nd flight of Izzuddin to Byz......Page 107 PART FOUR......Page 130 CHAPTER 17......Page 110 CHAPTER 18......Page 116 CHAPTER 19......Page 117 Siyawush......Page 118 Siyawush......Page 120 Siyawush......Page 122 Siyawish......Page 123 CHAPTER 20......Page 126 CONCLUSION......Page 147 NOTES......Page 148 APPENDIX 1 The Seljukid sultans of Rum......Page 151 APPENDIX 2 The Byzantine emperors......Page 152 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE......Page 153 GLOSSARY......Page 155 Index of persons......Page 157 Mas'ud......Page 159 Siyawush......Page 160 Index of places......Page 161 STOP......Page 105 |
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