1. Word ListTimeline Buyids Ghuzz Saljuqs/Seljüks Toghril BegChaghri Beg c. 1027 Ghaznavids arrest Arslan Isra’il. 1029 Ghaznavids take Rayy.

2. Timeline 1035 Seljuqs lead troops into Khurasan. 1037 Seljuqs take Nishapur. 1040 Seljuqs rout Ghaznavids in battle. 1051 Seljuqs take Isfahan. 1055 Toghril enters Baghdad. Recognised by caliph al-Qa’im (r. 1031-75) as sultan (“ruler”).

3. Word ListTimeline Rayy Isfahan mamluks (slave- soldiers) Nizam al-Mulk (d. 1092) Romanus Diogenes 1055-63 Sultanate of Toghril Beg. 1063-72 Sultanate of Alp Arslan. 1071 Alp Arslan defeats Byzantines at Manzikert.

4. Word ListTimeline Saljuq Sultanate of Rum Great Saljuq Sultanate iqta‘ (≈fief) Khwarazm-Shahs 1072-92 Sultanate of Malik-Shah. 1118-57 Sultanate of Sanjar. 1153 Sanjar captured by Ghuzz.

5. Word ListTimeline atabegs 1136-60 Caliphate of al-Muqtafi. 1152 Al-Muqtafi drives Saljuq officials from Baghdad. 1180-1225 Caliphate of al-Nasir.

6. Word ListTimeline Nizar al-Musta‘li Hasan-i Sabbah Alamut Nizarishashishiyya (Assassins) Aga KhanAga Khanis 1094 Dispute over Fatimid succession. 1095 Death of Nizar. 1130s Nizaris in Syria.

7. 1141 Qara-Khitai defeat Sanjar at Samarqand, take control of Transoxania. Timeline

8. Object List F = Ferret, A = Archnet Mausoleum of Gunbad-i-Qabus (1006-7), exterior view. (A) Mausoleum of Gunbad-i-Qabus, interior view. (A) Mausoleum of Gunbad-i-Qabus, calligraphic details (top and bottom). (A) Mausoleum of Gunbad-i Chihil Dukhtaran (c. 1056). (A) A modern yurt. (Wikipedia:.) Entrance, mausoleum of Gunbad-i Chihil Dukhtaran. (A) Mausoleum of Mu’mina Khatun (1186). (Robert Hillenbrand, Islamic Art and Architecture (London: Thames and Hudson, 1999), p. 105.)

9. Object List F = Ferret, A = Archnet The Great Mosque at Isfahan, Iran. 11th c. Plan. (F) The Great Friday Mosque of Sultan Malik-Shah. Front view. (F) The Great Friday Mosque of Sultan Malik-Shah. Distant front view. (F) The Great Mosque at Isfahan, Iran. 11th c. Rear of the Western iwan. (F) Qibla iwan, Great Mosque: Isfahan: iwan from 12th c, muqarnas from 14th c, minarets and tile from 17th c, and dome from the 11th c. (F) Friday Mosque of Ardestan, Iran (10th-11th c.). Exterior View. (A) Friday Mosque of Ardestan, Iran. Southwest iwan. (A)

10. Friday Mosque of Ardestan, Iran. Interior of dome chamber. (A) Friday Mosque of Ardestan, Iran. View of the western iwan spandrel. (A) Friday Mosque of Ardestan, Iran. Interior view of the dome chamber and southeastern view of the squinch. (A) Winter hall - typical Saljuq caravanserai construction. 1250. (F) Female figure in noble clothes and jewellery. Iran, c. 1200. (Volkmar Enderlein et al., Museum für Islamische Kunst (Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 2001), p. 55.) Iran (between Nishapur and Merv): Ribat Sharaf: 1114: second courtyard. (F) Detail of early Seljuk brick-work. Iran. 11th c. (F) Object List F = Ferret, A = Archnet

11. Object List F = Ferret, A = Archnet Walls of Baghdad, 13th c. (F) Walls of Baghdad, 13th c. Close view. (F) Walls of Baghdad, 13th c. Corner tower. (F) Mausoleum of Zubayda, Baghdad. 13th c. (F) Mausoleum of Zubayda, Baghdad. 13th c. Example of Stalactite. (F) Plan of Madrasa al-Mustansiriyya, Baghdad. 13th c. (F) Al-Mustansiriyya Madrasa, Baghdad. 13th c. Exterior view. (F) Al-Mustansiriyya Madrasa, Baghdad. 13th c. Close-up of exterior. (F)

12. Object List F = Ferret, A = Archnet Al-Mustansiriyya Madrasa, Baghdad. 13th c. Architectural detail. (F - four slides) Miniature from a copy of the Maqamat al al-Hariri (1054-1122): depicting a Bedouin encampment and fig. 13th c. (F) Abu Zayd and son rob guests in a caransaray. Maqamat al-Wasiti. Baghdad. 1237. (F) Medieval library. Maqamat of al-Hariri. Baghdad. 1237: ill. Yahya al-Wasiti. Ink and pigment on paper. (F) Village scene from the Schefer copy of al-Hariri's Maqamat, produced in Baghdad, 1237. (F) Fritware Mina’i bowl: Kashan. 1187/8. Signed Abu Zayd. (F)

13. Object List F = Ferret, A = Archnet White fritware bowl with carved decoration under a transparent colourless glaze. Iran. 12th c. 18cm diameter. (F) Lustre mihrab re-used in Masjid-i Maidan: Kashan. 1226. al-Hasan ibn ‘Arabshah. Names the 12 imams. (Volkmar Enderlein et al., Museum für Islamische Kunst (Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 2001), p. 48.) Lustre mihrab re-used in Masjid-i Maidan. (F) Lustre mihrab re-used in Masjid-i Maidan. Detail. (Niall Christie, Personal Collection: <http://www3.telus.net/nchristi/ FINA224slides/kashanmihrabdetail1.jpg>.)

14. Object List F = Ferret, A = Archnet Lustre mihrab re-used in Masjid-i Maidan. Detail. (Niall Christie, Personal Collection: <http://www3.telus.net/nchristi/ FINA224slides/kashanmihrabdetail2.jpg>.) Lustre mihrab re-used in Masjid-i Maidan. Detail. (Niall Christie, Personal Collection: <http://www3.telus.net/nchristi/ FINA224slides/kashanmihrabdetail3.jpg>.) Bobrinski Bucket. Herat. 1163. Cast brass inlaid copper, silver and gold. (F) Bobrinski bucket. (Robert Hillenbrand, Islamic Art and Architecture (London: Thames and Hudson, 1999), p. 94.) Candlestick. Eastern Iran/Afghanistan, c. 1200. Hammered brass, inlaid with silver and copper. (F)

15. Object List F = Ferret, A = Archnet Silver lute-player bowl with black niello. Iran, 10th-11th c. (Volkmar Enderlein et al., Museum für Islamische Kunst (Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 2001), p. 50.) Gold Earrings. Iran, 11th c. (left) and 10th-11th c. (right). (Volkmar Enderlein et al., Museum für Islamische Kunst (Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 2001), p. 56.) Mystery object! Iran. Bronze. 1181-2. (F)