Muslim Sources on the Magyars in the Second Half of the 9th Century : The Magyar Chapter of the Jayhānī Tradition
Contents -- Preface -- List of Maps and Illustrations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Jayhānī Tradition -- 1. The Personality of al-Jayhānī -- 2. Al-Jayhānī's Literary Activity and His Geographical Work -- 3. The Sources of al-Jayhānī's Geographical Work -- Ibn Khurdādhbih -- 4. The Work...
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Format: | E-Book |
Sprache: | English |
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2015
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Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450
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Schlagworte: | Ethnology Philology Hungarian philology Geography, Medieval Nomads Jayhānī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Naṣr ; active 10th century ; Criticism and interpretation Ethnology ; Hungary ; Early works to 1800 Philology ; Early works to 1800 Hungarian philology ; Early works to 1800 Geography, Medieval ; Asia, Central ; Early works to 1800 mehr... |
Umfang: | Online-Ressource (446 p) |
Zusammenfassung: | Contents -- Preface -- List of Maps and Illustrations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Jayhānī Tradition -- 1. The Personality of al-Jayhānī -- 2. Al-Jayhānī's Literary Activity and His Geographical Work -- 3. The Sources of al-Jayhānī's Geographical Work -- Ibn Khurdādhbih -- 4. The Works Which Preserved the Jayhānī Tradition -- Ibn Rusta -- Ḥudūd al-ʿālam -- Gardīzī -- Al-Bakrī -- Abūʾl-Fidāʾ -- Al-Marwazī -- ʿAwfī -- Shukrallāh -- Muḥammad Kātib -- Ḥājjī Khalīfa -- 5. Al-Jayhānī's Report on Central Asia and Eastern Europe -- Chapter 2. The Versions and Translations of the Magyar Chapter -- Chapter 3. The Interpretation of the Magyar Chapter -- 1. The Name of the Magyars -- Folk Etymologies of the Designation Magyar -- 2. The Eastern Magyars -- Pechenegs -- Volga Bulgars -- Äskäl -- First Border -- 3. The Magyars as Turks -- Turk Meaning Magyar -- Magyars Belonging to the Turk Peoples -- 4. The Strength of the Magyar Army -- 5. The Political Organization -- The Interpretation of the Word shiʿār -- The Magyar King Kündä -- The King Gyula -- Dual Kingship -- The Structure of Nomadic Empires -- 6. Houses and Nomadic Life -- Yurts and Tents -- Nomadic Way of Life -- 7. The Dimensions of the Magyar Lands -- 8. The Sea of Rūm and Its Two Rivers, Fishing in the Winter Quarters -- The Roman Sea -- Jayḥūn Amu Darya -- Winter Quarters -- Fishing -- 9. The Bulgars on the Danube -- Onogundur ~ W.n.nd.r -- Bulgars and Ogurs -- Danube Bulgars -- 10. Etil and Danube -- Danube -- Volga -- Etelköz, Habitat of the Magyars before the Conquest -- The Role of Rivers in the Nomadic Way of Life -- 11. Moravia -- 12. The Characteristic of the Magyar Lands -- 13. Magyar Agriculture -- 14. Magyars and Slavs -- Ṣaqāliba -- Rūs -- Kiev and the Magyars -- Provisions -- 15. The Religion of the Magyars -- 16. Magyar-Byzantine Trade -- Karkh -- Slave Trade Byzantine Merchandise -- 17. Khazar-Magyar Relations -- Sarkel -- Trench -- Khazar-Magyar Relations -- 18. The Appearance of the Magyars -- 19. Clothes and Weapons -- Weapons -- 20. Prosperity and Trade -- 21. Raids against the Slavs -- 22. The Distance between the Slavs and the Magyars -- 23. Bride-Price -- 24. The Eastern Border of the Magyar Territory -- 25. Slavic Castles against the Magyars -- Summary -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Beschreibung: | Description based upon print version of record |
Beschreibung: | Online-Ressource (446 p) |
ISBN: | 9789004306110 9004306110 9789004214378 9004214372 |