Book contents
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps and Charts (in Color Plates)
- Illustrations (in Color Plates)
- Figures
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Part I The Indian Ocean between Tang China and the Muslim Empire (Seventh–Tenth Century)
- Part II Globalization during the Song and Mongol Periods (Tenth–Fourteenth Century), and the Downturn of the Fourteenth Century
- Introduction
- Chapter 7 China: The Golden Age of the Song, the Mongol Conquest, and the Ming Revival
- Chapter 8 India: From the Chola Empire to the Delhi Sultanate
- Chapter 9 Southeast Asia: From the Decline of Srīwijaya to the Rise of Mojopahit
- Chapter 10 Central and Western Asia: From the Seljuk Empire to the Ilkhanids
- Chapter 11 Egypt and Yemen: The Jewish and Kārimī Networks
- Chapter 12 East Africa: The Rise of the Swahili Culture and the Expansion of Islam
- Chapter 13 Madagascar: The Development of Trading Ports and the Interior
- Part III From the Globalization of the Afro-Eurasian Area to the Dawn of European Expansion (Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries)
- Bibliography
- Index of Geographical Names
- Name Index
- Subject Index
Chapter 10 - Central and Western Asia: From the Seljuk Empire to the Ilkhanids
from Part II - Globalization during the Song and Mongol Periods (Tenth–Fourteenth Century), and the Downturn of the Fourteenth Century
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 October 2019
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps and Charts (in Color Plates)
- Illustrations (in Color Plates)
- Figures
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Part I The Indian Ocean between Tang China and the Muslim Empire (Seventh–Tenth Century)
- Part II Globalization during the Song and Mongol Periods (Tenth–Fourteenth Century), and the Downturn of the Fourteenth Century
- Introduction
- Chapter 7 China: The Golden Age of the Song, the Mongol Conquest, and the Ming Revival
- Chapter 8 India: From the Chola Empire to the Delhi Sultanate
- Chapter 9 Southeast Asia: From the Decline of Srīwijaya to the Rise of Mojopahit
- Chapter 10 Central and Western Asia: From the Seljuk Empire to the Ilkhanids
- Chapter 11 Egypt and Yemen: The Jewish and Kārimī Networks
- Chapter 12 East Africa: The Rise of the Swahili Culture and the Expansion of Islam
- Chapter 13 Madagascar: The Development of Trading Ports and the Interior
- Part III From the Globalization of the Afro-Eurasian Area to the Dawn of European Expansion (Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries)
- Bibliography
- Index of Geographical Names
- Name Index
- Subject Index
Summary
The tenth century had been a century of violence in western Asia. The picture during the first half of the eleventh century was no brighter. A series of riots and revolts affected Baghdad. Iran suffered from famines, which had both social and climatic causes. The Muslim world was then experiencing a labor crisis due to the short supply of slaves: the Slavs, who were Christians, “were no longer sold to the Muslims, and the Turks, who had converted to Islam, could no longer be forced into servitude” (Lombard 1971: 221). In 1055, the Buyids (Shiites who ruled western Asia) were overthrown by the Seljuk Turks (Oghuz Turks), Muslims of the Sunni faith who were former officers serving the Ghaznavids. The Seljukids constituted a dynasty, supported by the Abbasid caliphs, and formed various branches. The offering of power by the caliphs to the Seljuks was the result of the disintegration of the Muslim Empire at that time.
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- The Worlds of the Indian OceanA Global History, pp. 280 - 298Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019