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This book reintroduces and reexamines the Seljuk inscriptions from the walls of Sinop citadel. First published at the beginning of the last century, these inscriptions open a window onto scribal, administrative, and architectural practice during an important, formative period of the Seljuk sultanate in the early thirteenth century. 16 inscriptions of Sinop citadel, all made within a five month period in the summer of 1215, allow us a glimpse of the Seljuk elite at work, with aspirations and ideals of state and office mixing and competing with individual and factional rivalries and administrative changes. This book corrects previous published versions, and offers for the first time a reading of the main sultanic inscription, which has been chiselled out. Contributors analyze the Persian verse inscription, the first of its kind from Seljuk Anatolia, and the only known Seljuk bilingual Arabic-Greek inscription. In addition to an in-depth rereading and analysis of these inscriptions, this book examines their architectural context. This includes the first signed work of Abu Ali al-Halabi, the Syrian military architect who served the Seljuk state, and who later built the well-known Red Tower in Alanya. This book provides a new analysis not only of Seljuk architectural practice based on architectural and inscriptional evidence, it also reevaluates the architecture of the citadel itself. Sinop citadel, one of the most impressive in medieval Anatolia, is redated to the Byzantine era.

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Author:   Scott Redford
Publisher:   Koc University Press
Imprint:   Koc University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 1.90cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 2.50cm
ISBN:  

9786055250300

ISBN 10:   6055250306
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   20 May 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations List of Inscriptions Acknowledgments Introduction CHAPTER 1 Sinop, the Citadel Walls, Description and Commentary / James Crow CHAPTER 2 Power, Display, and Contestation in the Seljuk Citadel Inscriptions at Sinop CHAPTER 3 The 1213-14 Seljuk Citadel Inscriptions at Bayburt CATALOGUE OF SELJUK CITADEL INSCRIPTIONS AT SINOP Table of Seljuk Citadel Inscriptions and Their Locations Arabic Language Seljuk Sinop Citadel Inscriptions: Text, Translation, Commentary A Note on the Greek Text of the Arabic-Greek Bilingual Inscription at Sinop / Adrian Saunders Inscription 3: The Persian Verse Inscription in Sinop: Text and Translation / W.M. Thackston, JR. The Persian Verse Inscription at Sinop / A.C.S. Peacock Simre / Oktay OEzel SELECTED SELJUK INSCRIPTIONS AT BAYBURT CITADEL Seljuk Inscriptions from Bayburt Citadel I Seljuk Inscriptions from Bayburt Citadel II Seljuk Inscriptions from Bayburt Citadel III Bibliography Index

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