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Rising from nomadic origins as Turkish tribesmen, the powerful and culturally prolific Seljuqs and their successor states dominated vast lands extending from Central Asia to the eastern Mediterranean from the eleventh to the fourteenth century. Supported by colour images, charts, and maps, this volume examines how under Seljuq rule, migrations of people and the exchange and synthesis of diverse traditions-including Turkmen, Perso-Arabo-Islamic, Byzantine, Armenian, Crusader and other Christian cultures-accompanied architectural patronage, advances in science and technology and a great flowering of culture within the realm. It also explores how shifting religious beliefs, ideologies of authority, and lifestyle in Seljuq times influenced cultural and artistic production, urban and rural architecture, monumental inscriptions and royal titulature, and practices of religion and magic. It also presents today's challenges and new approaches to preserving the material heritage of this vastly accomplished and influential civilization.

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"A turning point in Islamic history and art history, the Seljuk age is still relatively understudied. In this substantive volume, Canby et al. gather together some of the best scholars in the field to present an integrated collection covering the history, polity, court ethos, architecture, and material culture of the Seljuks. Taken together, these essays enrich our understanding of the Seljuks and contextualize their legacy in relation to its wider Islamic setting and the trajectories of their various successor states.-- ""Nasser Rabbat, Aga Khan Professor, MIT"""

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Sheila R. Canby is Curator Emerita of the Department of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She is co-author with Deniz Beyazit and Martina Rugiadi of Court and Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs, Metropolitan Museum of Art (2016), co-editor with Maryam Ekhtiar, Navina Najat Haidar, and Priscilla Soucek of Masterpieces from the Department of Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art (2011) and author of The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp, Metropolitan Museum of Art (2011 and 2014), Shah `Abbas: the Remaking of Iran, British Museum Press (2009), Shah `Abbas and the Treasures of Imperial Iran, British Museum Press (2009), Islamic Art in Detail, British Museum Press (2005), Persian Love Poetry, with Vesta Curtis, British Museum Press (2005), among numerous other books. Deniz Beyazit is Associate Curator in the Department of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She is co-author with Sheila Canby and Martina Rugiadi of Court and Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs, Metropolitan Museum of Art (2016). Her other publications include Le décor architectural des Artuqides de Mardin (2016), and as editor, At the Crossroads of Empires: 14th-15th Century Eastern Anatolia (2012). Martina Rugiadi is Associated Curator in the Department of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and and co-director of the Towns of Karakum Archaeological Project. She is co-author with Sheila Canby and Deniz Beyazit of Court and Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs, Metropolitan Museum of Art (2016).

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