The Ghaznavid and Seljuq Turks : poetry as a source for Iranian history /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tetley, Gillies, 1930-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
Series:	Routledge studies in the history of Iran and Turkey.
Subjects:	Iran > History > 640-1256. Ghaznevids. Seljuks > Iran > History. Literature and history. Farrukhī, ʻAlī ibn Jūlūgh, > -1037 or 1038. Muʻizzī, Amīr ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad, > 1048 or 1049- Poets, Persian > Biography. Persian poetry > 747-1500 > History and criticism.

Table of Contents:

The social and political history of the period : the Turkish element
Farrukhī Sīstānī : his biography, background and patrons to 420/1029
Farrukhī Sīstānī : his biography and patrons from 420/1029 to the end of his career
Muʻizzī : biography to 485/1092, background, personality
Muʻizzī : biography, career and patrons, from 485/1092 to the end of Berkyārūq's reign (498/1105)
Muʻizzī : life under Sanjar as malik, 498/1105 to 510/1117
Muʻizzī : the final phase : life under Sanjar as sultan, 510/1117 to c. 518/1124-27.