Research Article

The Place and Importance of Balkh in the Political Struggles of the Great Seljuks Period

Volume: 19 Number: 50 (19-12-2016) December 19, 2016
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The Place and Importance of Balkh in the Political Struggles of the Great Seljuks Period

Abstract

While political events narrating, mostly, they are transferred within the framework of cause-and-effect relationship. Nevertheless, the sides who are affected from the power struggle are people people and cities where they are resident. Results of every struggle even if they were lost or won affects cities in positive or negative directions. At the same time cities have significant contributes to their governors with their history, tradition and culture which they have.

Eleventh century is a reshaped period of the stage of history, in which the new states gained power by changing the balance of power. During this period, on the one hand, some states have lost their territorial dominance, on the other hand some other states have expanded their control of the region. The most affected places by the changing balance are the cities which have political, economic and geographical significance. Statesmen who aware establishing dominance contribute their sovereignty had developed their strategy over the dominate the major cities of this time. The city of Balkh, was a gateway for the Ghaznavids and Karakhanids to Khorasan and, was in a key position for the Seljuks to the defense of Khorasan. Therefore during the this period Balkh was counted between the cities which will be capture the first.

We also, in our study, will try to analyze political status of Balkh, one of the most important cities of Khorasan region during the medieval age, how people react against Seljuks rule, relationships established between people and Seljuks and political, religious/sectarian and economic reasons behind the reaction against to the Seljuk rule, in the light of main sources.

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 19, 2016

Submission Date

October 20, 2016

Acceptance Date

December 17, 2016

Published in Issue

Year 2016 Volume: 19 Number: 50 (19-12-2016)

APA
Yazar, N. (2016). Büyük Selçuklular Dönemi Siyasî Çekişmelerinde Belh’in Yeri Ve Önemi. Dini Araştırmalar, 19(50 (19-12-2016), 59-77. https://doi.org/10.15745/da.280594
AMA
1.Yazar N. Büyük Selçuklular Dönemi Siyasî Çekişmelerinde Belh’in Yeri Ve Önemi. THE JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES. 2016;19(50 (19-12-2016):59-77. doi:10.15745/da.280594
Chicago
Yazar, Nurullah. 2016. “Büyük Selçuklular Dönemi Siyasî Çekişmelerinde Belh’in Yeri Ve Önemi”. Dini Araştırmalar 19 (50 (19-12-2016): 59-77. https://doi.org/10.15745/da.280594.
EndNote
Yazar N (December 1, 2016) Büyük Selçuklular Dönemi Siyasî Çekişmelerinde Belh’in Yeri Ve Önemi. Dini Araştırmalar 19 50 (19-12-2016) 59–77.
IEEE
[1]N. Yazar, “Büyük Selçuklular Dönemi Siyasî Çekişmelerinde Belh’in Yeri Ve Önemi”, THE JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES, vol. 19, no. 19-12, pp. 59–77, Dec. 2016, doi: 10.15745/da.280594.
ISNAD
Yazar, Nurullah. “Büyük Selçuklular Dönemi Siyasî Çekişmelerinde Belh’in Yeri Ve Önemi”. Dini Araştırmalar 19/19-12 (December 1, 2016): 59-77. https://doi.org/10.15745/da.280594.
JAMA
1.Yazar N. Büyük Selçuklular Dönemi Siyasî Çekişmelerinde Belh’in Yeri Ve Önemi. THE JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES. 2016;19:59–77.
MLA
Yazar, Nurullah. “Büyük Selçuklular Dönemi Siyasî Çekişmelerinde Belh’in Yeri Ve Önemi”. Dini Araştırmalar, vol. 19, no. 50 (19-12-2016), Dec. 2016, pp. 59-77, doi:10.15745/da.280594.
Vancouver
1.Nurullah Yazar. Büyük Selçuklular Dönemi Siyasî Çekişmelerinde Belh’in Yeri Ve Önemi. THE JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES. 2016 Dec. 1;19(50 (19-12-2016):59-77. doi:10.15745/da.280594