Nomad Military Power in Iran and Adjacent Areas in the Islamic Period

Nomad Military Power in Iran and Adjacent Areas in the Islamic Period
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Download or read book Nomad Military Power in Iran and Adjacent Areas in the Islamic Period written by Kurt Franz and published by Dr Ludwig Reichert. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English summary: In Central Asia, the Iranian highlands and the Near East, the impact of nomadic groups on the course of history was more felt than in other parts of the world. The Mongol Empire, which extended from Baghdad to the China Sea, is but one example of the successful military and political enterprises of nomad conquerors. This nomad power over the long period from the expansion of Islam to European colonial intervention, which includes the rise and fall of several Turko-Mongol empires, is the subject of this anthology. The research focus is directed primarily to the conditions in which nomad power developed in the context of interrelated nomadic and sedentary ways of life. These interrelationships have been an essential aspect of the Collaborative Research Centre "Difference and Integration" (SFB 586) project from which this volume emerges. As Iran and the adjacent areas have historically been characterized by a complex geo-spatial environment of mobile and sedentary groups and political associations, they are especially suited to enquiry in this context. Questions are particularly asked as to the circumstances, development patterns and effects of political and military alliances between nomadic and sedentary leaders or groups. Could nomad military power be enlisted in the strategies of sedentary rulers? What objectives did nomad allies pursue in these circumstances and with what, partly unexpected, results? The volume also investigates the transformations that took place in states that emerged from nomad conquests. What political and military roles did rulers of ''post-nomadic'' sedentary states assign to the descendants of nomad conquerors? What roles did these groups claim for themselves? And did nomadic traditions linger on in these states? As well as the history of events and structures, contemporary conceptual approaches to nomad power and the visual representation of nomadic warfare in Persian miniature painting are also examined. The anthology thus sheds light on an important aspect of the history of Iran and neighbouring countries that has so far not been examined systematically. It will be of interest to specialists in Islamic history, particularly in Iran and Central Asia, and to any historian looking for a transregional perspective on mediaeval and early modern military history. German description: Der Einfluss nomadischer Gruppen auf den Gang der Geschichte war in Zentralasien, im iranischen Hochland und im Nahen Osten starker als in anderen Teilen der Welt. Das mongolische Weltreich, das sich von Bagdad bis zum Chinesischen Meer erstreckte, ist nur ein Beispiel fur erfolgreiche militarische und politische Unternehmungen nomadischer Eroberer. Die Macht nomadischer Gruppen in der langen Epoche von der Ausbreitung des Islams bis zur europaischen kolonialen Intervention, die den Aufstieg und Fall verschiedener turko-mongolischer Reiche zu beobachten erlaubt, ist das zentrale Thema dieses Sammelbandes. Dabei richtet sich das Interesse insbesondere auf die Entstehungsbedingungen nomadischer Macht im Kontext der Wechselbeziehungen zwischen nomadischen und sesshaften Lebensformen, welche im Mittelpunkt des Sonderforschungsbereichs "Differenz und Integration" (SFB 586) standen, aus dem dieser Band hervorgeht. Iran und die daran angrenzenden Gebiete zeichneten sich in historischer Zeit durch eine raumlich dichte Gemengelage mobiler und sesshafter Gruppen und politischer Verbande aus und eignen sich darum besonders zur Untersuchung. Gefragt wird nach den Umstanden, Verlaufsformen und Folgen politischer und militarischer Bundnisse zwischen nomadischen und sesshaften Herrschern oder Gruppen. Liess sich nomadische Militarmacht in die Strategien sesshafter Herrscher einbinden? Welche eigenen Ziele verfolgten die nomadischen Bundnispartner unter diesen Umstanden und zu welchen auch unerwarteten Resultaten fuhrte ihre Teilhabe? Thematisiert werden zudem die Transformationen in Staaten, die aus nomadischen Eroberungen hervorgingen. Welche Rollen wiesen die Beherrscher "post-nomadischer" sesshafter Staaten den Nachkommen der nomadischen Eroberer im Staats- und Militarwesen zu? Welche Rollen beanspruchten diese Gruppen selbst? Inwiefern wirkten nomadische Traditionen in diesen Staaten nach? Neben ereignis- und strukturgeschichtlichen Phanomen werden auch zeitgenossische konzeptionelle Entwurfe nomadischer Macht sowie die visuelle Reprasentation nomadischer Kriegskunst in der persischen Miniaturmalerei behandelt. Indem der Sammelband einen historisch gewichtigen und bislang nicht zusammenhangend untersuchten Aspekt der Entwicklung Irans und umliegender Lander beleuchtet, richtet er sich sowohl an Spezialisten der Geschichte der islamischen Welt, zumal der Iran- und Mittelasienwissenschaften, als auch allgemein an Historiker, die sich mit mittelalterlicher und fruhneuzeitlicher Militargeschichte in uberregional vergleichender Perspektive auseinandersetzen wollen.


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