The New Islamic Dynasties

Clifford Edmund Bosworth

Columbia University Press, 1996 - Islamic chronology - 389 pages

With a complete selection of bibliographies and tables of dates, titles, and names, this completely revised classic manual builds upon a work that has been a cornerstone of Islamic studies for thirty years. It remains the best source of clear, accurate information on centuries of Muslim dynastic history and the royal families in the Muslim world.

Contents

• CHAPTER ONE The Caliphs 1 The RightlyGuided or Patriarchal or Orthodox Caliphs alKhulafa alRashidūn: 1
• The Umayyad Caliphs 1 The Sufyanids 2 The Marwānids 3 The Abbasid Caliphs 1 The caliphs in Iraq and Baghdad 2 The caliph in Aleppo Harran a...: 3
• The Banu Birzal in Carmona: 4
• The Banu Khazrün in Arcos: 5
• The Zīrids of Granada: 6
• The Banu Şumādiḥ of Almería: 7
• The Banu Mujahid of Denia and Majorca: 17
• The rulers in Majorca during the eleventh and early twelfth centuries 10 The Jahwarids of Cordova 11 The rulers in Cordova of the AlmoravidAlmo...: 18
• The Amirids of Valencia 15 The rulers in Valencia of the AlmoravidAlmohad interregnum 16 The Tujibids in Saragossa 17 The Hūdids in Saragossa...: 19
• The Banu Ghāniya: 21
• The Nasrids or Banu lAhmar: 22
• CHAPTER THREE North Africa 8 The Idrisids: 25
• The Rustamids: 27
• The Midrărids: 29
• The Aghlabids: 31
• The Kalbids: 33
• The Zīrids and Ḥammādids: 35
• The Almoravids or alMurăbitūn: 37
• The Almohads or alMuwahhidun: 39
• The Marinids: 41
• The Abd alWadids or Zayyanids or Ziyanids: 43
• The Hafsids: 45
• The Waṭṭāsids: 48
• The Sadid Sharifs: 50
• The Alawid or Filālī Sharifs: 53
• The Husaynid Beys: 55
• XV: 56
• The Qaramanlis: 57
• The Sanūsī Chiefs and Rulers: 58
• 3: 60
• The Ikhshidids: 62
• The Fatimids: 63
• 6: 66
• The chief dāīs of the Nizārī Ismāīlīs or Assassins in Syria: 68
• The Ayyübids: 70
• The line in Aleppo 4 The line in Hims 5 The line in Ḥamāt: 71
• The line in Diyar Bakr Mayyafāriqin and Jabal Sinjār 7 The line in Diyar Bakr Hisn Kayfă Āmid and Akhlāt 8 The line in Yemen 9 The minor branc...: 73
• The Mamluks 726: 76
• The Burji line: 77
• The Man Amirs of Lebanon 81 888: 81
• The Shihab Amīrs of Lebanon: 82
• The house of Muhammad Ali: 83
• CHAPTER FIVE Iraq and Jazira before the Seljuqs 35 The Hamdanids: 85
• The Mazyadids: 87
• The Marwānids: 89
• The Uqaylids: 91
• The Numayrids: 93
• CHAPTER SIX The Arabian Peninsula 40 The Carmathian or Qarmați Rulers of the line of Abu Said alJannābī: 94
• The Zaydi Imāms of Yemen: 96
• The Ziyadids: 99
• The Yufirids or Yafurids: 100
• The Najāḥids: 101
• The Sulayḥids: 102
• The Zurayids or Banu lKaram: 104
• The Hamdānids: 106
• The Mahdids: 107
• The Rasulids: 108
• The Tahirids: 110
• The Al alJulandā: 111
• The Mukramids: 112
• The Yarubids: 113
• The Al Bü Said: 114
• The Al Suud Saūd: 116
• The Hashimite Sharifs of Mecca from the Awn family: 118
• The Al Rashid: 120
• CHAPTER SEVEN West Africa 58 The Keita Kings of Mali: 122
• The Kings of Songhay: 124
• The Rulers of Kanem and Bornu or Borno: 126
• CHAPTER EIGHT East Africa and the Horn of Africa: 132
• The Sultans of Harar: 138
• The Justānids: 145
• The Shaddadids: 151
• The Ḥasanũyids or Ḥasanawayhids: 158
• The Kāküyids or Kākawayhids: 160
• The Ziyarids: 166
• 11: 167
• 14: 172
• The Khwārazm Shāhs: 178
• CHAPTER ELEVEN The Seljuqs Their Dependants and the Atabegs: 185
• The Begtiginids: 192
• The Ahmadilis: 198
• The Hazaraspids: 205
• 21: 208
• CHAPTER TWELVE The Turks in Anatolia: 215
• 25: 217
• The Tekke Oghullarï line in Antalya: 226
• The Beys of Alanya: 227
• The Ashraf Eshref Oghullarï: 228
• The Jāndar Oghullarï or Isfandiyar Isfendiyar Oghullarï: 229
• The Parwana Oghullarï: 230
• The Choban Oghullarï: 231
• The Qaraman Oghullarï or Qaramanids: 232
• The Eretna Oghullarï: 234
• The Qādi Burhan alDin Oghullarï: 235
• The Taj alDin Oghullarï: 236
• The Ramadan Oghullarï: 237
• The Dulghadïr Oghullarï or Dhu lQadrids: 238
• The Ottomans or Osmanlis: 239
• CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Mongols and Their Central Asian and Eastern European Successors The Mongols or Chingizids: 243
• The Mongol Great Khāns Descendants of Ögedey and Toluy later the Yuan Dynasty of China: 246
• The Chaghatayids Descendants of Chaghatay: 248
• The Il Khanids Descendants of Qubilays brother Hülegü: 250
• The Khāns of the Golden Horde Descendants of Jochi: 252
• The Giray Khans of the Crimea Descendants of Jochi: 255
• The Khans of the Tatars of Bujaq or Bessarabia as Ottoman nominees: 256
• The Khans of Astrakhan Astrakhan Ashtarkhān: 258
• The Khans of Kazan Qāzān: 259
• The Khans from the line of rulers of Kazan 2 The Khans from the line of the rulers of the Crimea 3 The Khans from the line of the rulers of Astrakha...: 261
• CHAPTER FOURTEEN Persia after the Mongols 139 The Karts or Kurts: 263
• The Muzaffarids: 264
• The Injuids: 266
• The Jalayirids: 267
• The Sarbadarids: 269
• The Timūrids 1 The rulers in Samarkand 2 The rulers in Khurasan after Ulugh Begs death 3 The rulers in western Persia and Iraq after Timūr: 270
• 27: 272
• The Mushashaids: 277
• The Safawids: 279
• The Afsharids: 281
• The Zands 151 The Qājārs: 283
• The Pahlawis: 285
• CHAPTER FIFTEEN Central Asia after the Mongols: 288
• The Shibanids Shaybānids or Abu lKhayrids 154 The Toqay Temürids or Jānids or Ashtarkhānids: 290
• The Mangïts: 292
• The Qungrats or Inaqids: 293
• The Mings: 295
• CHAPTER SIXTEEN Afghanistan and the Indian Subcontinent: 296
• The Ghaznawids 159 The Ghūrids 1 The main line in Ghur and then also in Ghazna: 298
• The Delhi Sultans 1 The Muizzī or Shamsi Slave Kings 2 The Khaljis 3 The Tughluqids: 300
• The Sayyids: 301
• The Lōdīs: 304
• The Governors and Sultans of Bengal 1 The governors for the Delhi Sultans often ruling as independent sovereigns 2 The governors and then indepe...: 306
• The line of Ilyas Shāh 4 The line of Rājā Gaṇeśa Ganesh 5 The line of Ilyas Shāh restored 6 The domination of the Ḥabashis 7 The line of Sayyid Hu...: 307
• The Sūrīs 9 The Kararānīs: 308
• The Sultans of Kashmir 1 The line of Shah Mir Swātī 2 The line of Ghāzī Shāh Chak: 310
• The Sharqi Sultans of Jawnpur: 314
• The Sultans and Rulers of Malwa: 316
• The Sultans of Mabar or Madura: 318
• The Bahmanids: 319
• The Faruqi Rulers of Khandesh: 322
• The Barid Shāhīs: 324
• The Adil Shāhis: 325
• The Nizām Shāhīs: 326
• The Imād Shāhīs: 327
• The Qutb Shāhīs: 328
• The Arghūns: 329
• The Mughal Emperors: 331
• The NawwabViziers and NawwabNāzims of Bengal: 335
• The NawwabViziers and Kings of Oudh Awadh: 337
• The Nāzims of Hyderabad Ḥaydarābād: 339
• The Muslim Rulers in Mysore Mahisur Maysür: 340
• The Abdālī or Durrānī Rulers and Kings of Afghanistan: 341
• CHAPTER SEVENTEEN SouthEast Asia and Indonesia 181 The Rulers of Malacca Melaka: 344
• The Sultans of Acheh Atjèh Aceh: 346
• The Rulers of Mataram: 348
• 29: 350
• The Sultans of Jogjakarta: 351
• The Sultans of Brunei: 353
• a Personal names b Dynasties peoples tribes etc c Places: 357
• The Sultans of Gujarat: 360
• 270: 361
• 275: 363
• The Aydin Oghullarï: 367
• 281: 380
• The Menteshe Oghullarï: 382
• 287: 386
• 290: 387
• 312: 388

Bibliographic information

• Title: The New Islamic Dynasties; The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys Series
• Author: Clifford Edmund Bosworth
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: Columbia University Press, 1996
• ISBN: 0231107145, 9780231107143
• Length: 389 pages