Nishapuri flourished in the 12th century and wrote a succinct history in Persian of the Saljuq Turks, a tribal group from Central Asia who in the 11th century established a vast empire, enduring for some century and a half and bringing about lasting changes to the ethnic composition and the patterns of land utilisation in the northern tier of the Middle East.
| ISBN: | 9780700713424 |
| Publication date: | 15th December 2000 |
| Author: | Edmund Bosworth |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 204 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in the History of Iran and Turkey |
| Genres: |
Regional / International studies |