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Timeline
c. 1027 Ghaznavids arrest Arslan Israil. 1029
Ghaznavids take Rayy.
Buyids Ghuzz Saljuqs/Seljüks Toghril
Beg Chaghri Beg
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Timeline
1035 Seljuqs lead troops into Khurasan. 1037
Seljuqs take Nishapur. 1040 Seljuqs rout
Ghaznavids in battle. 1051 Seljuqs take
Isfahan. 1055 Toghril enters Baghdad. Recognised
by caliph al-Qaim (r. 1031-75) as sultan
(ruler).
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Timeline
1055-63 Sultanate of Toghril Beg. 1063-72
Sultanate of Alp Arslan. 1071 Alp Arslan
defeats Byzantines at Manzikert.
Rayy Isfahan mamluks (slave- soldiers) Nizam
al-Mulk (d. 1092) Romanus Diogenes
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Timeline
1072-92 Sultanate of Malik-Shah. 1118-57
Sultanate of Sanjar. 1153 Sanjar captured
by Ghuzz.
Saljuq Sultanate of Rum Great Saljuq Sultanate i
qta (fief) Khwarazm-Shahs
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Timeline
1136-60 Caliphate of al-Muqtafi. 1152 Al-Muqtafi
drives Saljuq officials from Baghdad. 1180-1225
Caliphate of al-Nasir.
atabegs
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Timeline
1094 Dispute over Fatimid succession. 1095 Death
of Nizar. 1130s Nizaris in Syria.
Nizar al-Mustali Hasan-i Sabbah Alamut Nizar
is hashishiyya (Assassins) Aga Khan Aga Khanis
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1141 Qara-Khitai defeat Sanjar at Samarqand, take
control of Transoxania.
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Object List
Mausoleum of Gunbad-i-Qabus (1006-7), exterior
view. (A) Mausoleum of Gunbad-i-Qabus, interior
view. (A) Mausoleum of Gunbad-i-Qabus,
calligraphic details (top and bottom). (A) Mauso
leum of Gunbad-i Chihil Dukhtaran (c. 1056).
(A) A modern yurt. (Wikipedia
lthttp//www.wikipedia.org/gt.) Entrance,
mausoleum of Gunbad-i Chihil Dukhtaran.
(A) Mausoleum of Mumina Khatun (1186). (Robert
Hillenbrand, Islamic Art and Architecture
(London Thames and Hudson, 1999), p. 105.)
F Ferret, A Archnet
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The Great Mosque at Isfahan, Iran. 11th c. Plan.
(F) The Great Friday Mosque of Sultan
Malik-Shah. Front view. (F) The Great Friday
Mosque of Sultan Malik-Shah. Distant front view.
(F) The Great Mosque at Isfahan, Iran. 11th c.
Rear of the Western iwan. (F) Qibla iwan, Great
Mosque Isfahan iwan from 12th c, muqarnas
from 14th c, minarets and tile from 17th c, and
dome from the 11th c. (F) Friday Mosque of
Ardestan, Iran (10th-11th c.). Exterior View.
(A) Friday Mosque of Ardestan, Iran. Southwest
iwan. (A)
F Ferret, A Archnet
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Friday Mosque of Ardestan, Iran. Interior of dome
chamber. (A) Friday Mosque of Ardestan, Iran.
View of the western iwan spandrel. (A) Friday
Mosque of Ardestan, Iran. Interior view of the
dome chamber and southeastern view of the
squinch. (A) Winter hall - typical Saljuq
caravanserai construction. 1250. (F) Female
figure in noble clothes and jewellery. Iran, c.
1200. (Volkmar Enderlein et al., Museum für
Islamische Kunst (Mainz Verlag Philipp von
Zabern, 2001), p. 55.) Iran (between Nishapur
and Merv) Ribat Sharaf 1114 second courtyard.
(F) Detail of early Seljuk brick-work. Iran.
11th c. (F)
F Ferret, A Archnet
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Walls of Baghdad, 13th c. (F) Walls of Baghdad,
13th c. Close view. (F) Walls of Baghdad, 13th
c. Corner tower. (F) Mausoleum of Zubayda,
Baghdad. 13th c. (F) Mausoleum of Zubayda,
Baghdad. 13th c. Example of Stalactite. (F) Plan
of Madrasa al-Mustansiriyya, Baghdad. 13th c.
(F) Al-Mustansiriyya Madrasa, Baghdad. 13th c.
Exterior view. (F) Al-Mustansiriyya Madrasa,
Baghdad. 13th c. Close-up of exterior. (F)
F Ferret, A Archnet
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Al-Mustansiriyya Madrasa, Baghdad. 13th c.
Architectural detail. (F - four
slides) Miniature from a copy of the Maqamat al
al-Hariri (1054-1122) depicting a Bedouin
encampment and fig. 13th c. (F) Abu Zayd and son
rob guests in a caransaray. Maqamat
al-Wasiti. Baghdad. 1237. (F) Medieval library.
Maqamat of al-Hariri. Baghdad. 1237 ill.
Yahya al-Wasiti. Ink and pigment on paper.
(F) Village scene from the Schefer copy of
al-Hariri's Maqamat, produced in Baghdad, 1237.
(F) Fritware Minai bowl Kashan. 1187/8. Signed
Abu Zayd. (F)
F Ferret, A Archnet
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White fritware bowl with carved decoration under
a transparent colourless glaze. Iran. 12th c.
18cm diameter. (F) Lustre mihrab re-used in
Masjid-i Maidan Kashan. 1226. al-Hasan ibn
Arabshah. Names the 12 imams. (Volkmar
Enderlein et al., Museum für Islamische Kunst
(Mainz Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 2001), p.
48.) Lustre mihrab re-used in Masjid-i Maidan.
(F) Lustre mihrab re-used in Masjid-i Maidan.
Detail. (Niall Christie, Personal Collection
lthttp//www3.telus.net/nchristi/ FINA224slides/ka
shanmihrabdetail1.jpggt.)
F Ferret, A Archnet
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Lustre mihrab re-used in Masjid-i Maidan. Detail.
(Niall Christie, Personal Collection
lthttp//www3.telus.net/nchristi/ FINA224slides/ka
shanmihrabdetail2.jpggt.) Lustre mihrab re-used
in Masjid-i Maidan. Detail. (Niall Christie,
Personal Collection lthttp//www3.telus.net/nchris
ti/ FINA224slides/kashanmihrabdetail3.jpggt.) Bob
rinski Bucket. Herat. 1163. Cast brass inlaid
copper, silver and gold. (F) Bobrinski bucket.
(Robert Hillenbrand, Islamic Art and
Architecture (London Thames and Hudson, 1999),
p. 94.) Candlestick. Eastern Iran/Afghanistan,
c. 1200. Hammered brass, inlaid with silver and
copper. (F)
F Ferret, A Archnet
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Silver lute-player bowl with black niello. Iran,
10th-11th c. (Volkmar Enderlein et al., Museum
für Islamische Kunst (Mainz Verlag Philipp von
Zabern, 2001), p. 50.) Gold Earrings. Iran, 11th
c. (left) and 10th-11th c. (right).
(Volkmar Enderlein et al., Museum für Islamische
Kunst (Mainz Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 2001),
p. 56.) Mystery object! Iran. Bronze. 1181-2. (F)
F Ferret, A Archnet