Saunders. History of Medieval Islam. Study Guide
This account of the arrival of the Turks in the middle east is
different from that given by Lapidus--please note the differences, not in
detail, but in major points.
Terms/places/names -- check maps in Lapidus and those which I
handed out in class. Many of these places are in Iran and to
the north and north-east of Iran.
- Transoxiana
- Samanids
- Ismailis
- Oxus
- Fatimid
- Ghazna
- Khurasan
- Bukhara
- Firdawsi
- Biruni
- Shamanism
- Buyid
- sultanate
- ulama
- Turkomans
- ghazi
- Manzikert
- Alp Arlsan
- cadet
- Sultanate of Rum
- Assassins
- Nizam al-Mulk
Where did the Turks come from, why and under what circumstances did
they arrive in the Middle East?
How did the Turks change the Islamic world?