The Byzantine Turks, 1204-1461.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Byzantine Classification of the Turks -- 1 On Byzantine Epistemology -- 2 The Locative Criterion and the Theory of Climates -- 3 Two-Part Classification: Genera and Species -- 4 Generic Categories -- 5 The Species -- 6 The Concept Πέρσαι -- 7 The Defects of the Method -- 8 The Linguistic Criterion -- 9 The Languages of the Turks -- 10 Turks and Religious Identity -- 11 Marriages with Non-Christians -- 12 The Validity of Baptism -- Chapter 2 Byzantine Onomastics: Problems of Method -- 1 The Onomastic Database -- 2 The West Byzantine Lands in the Database -- 3 The Byzantine Pontos -- 4 On Byzantine Patterns of Naming -- 5 A Linguistic Problem -- 6 The Problem of Generations -- 7 Credibility of Anthroponymical Data -- 8 "Scythian" and "Persian" Names -- Chapter 3 The "Persians" and the "Scythians" -- 1 Historical Background -- 2 The "Scythians" -- 3 The "Persians" -- 4 The Byzantine "Persians" in 1204-1262 -- 5 The "Persian" Resettlement of 1262-1263 -- 6 Kaykāwus' Family in Byzantium -- 7 Kaykāwus' People -- 8 "Persian" Immigrations until the Beginning of the Fourteenth Century -- 9 The Turkic Immigrants in the First Half of the Fourteenth Century -- 10 The Last Byzantine Turks? -- 10.1 Text -- 10.2 Translation -- 10.3 Commentary -- Chapter 4 The Byzantine Turks in the Balkans -- 1 Byzantine Macedonia -- 2 The Lower Strymon and Serres -- 3 Kalamaria in Western Chalkidike -- 4 Eastern Chalkidike -- 5 Berroia and Lake Giannitsa -- 6 The Vardar Valley, Skopje, the Strumica -- 7 Thessalonike and Other Localities -- 8 Ethnic and Social Structure -- 9 Constantinople and Some Other Regions -- 10 A Note on Chronology -- 11 The Problem of Merchants -- Chapter 5 The Noble Lineages -- 1 Constructing a "Family" -- 2 The Gazes Families (I and II).

3 The Melik/Melikes/Melek Family -- 4 The Soultanos Family (I) -- 5 The Soultanos Family (II) -- 6 The Apelmene Family -- 7 The Masgidas Families (I and II) -- 8 The Iagoupes Family -- 9 The Anataulas Family -- Chapter 6 Assimilation Tools -- 1 The Motivation of the Turks -- 2 An Opposite Example -- 3 Christianization -- 4 More on Inclusion and Exclusion -- 5 Proprietors and Pronoiars -- 6 Imperial Service -- 7 Slaves, Servants, and Hostages -- 8 Cultural Adaptation -- 9 Turkic Minority? -- Chapter 7 Asians in the Byzantine Pontos -- 1 Oriental Names of the Pontos -- 2 Nations and Tribes -- 3 Social Standing -- 4 The Pontic Nomads -- 5 Christians and Crypto-Muslims -- 6 Penetration of Asians into Trebizond -- Appendix I: The Wives of Alexios II Grand Komnenos -- Appendix II: The Marriages of the Grand Komnenoi with Muslims -- Chapter 8 "Turkophonia" in Byzantium -- 1 Byzantine Diglossia -- 2 Oriental Borrowings -- 3 Textiles -- 4 Clothes and Household Items -- 5 Spices, Delicacies, Medications -- 6 Birds and Animals -- 7 Trading Terminology -- 8 Imperial Court and Military Terminology -- 9 The Positive Image of the East -- 10 Expanding the Horizon -- 11 Diglossia and Place-Names -- 12 Diglossia and the Redoubling of the World -- 13 Evidence of Modern Greek -- 14 Byzantine Turkophonia -- 15 Latent Turkification -- 16 Cultural Interchange and a Lethal Outcome -- Chapter 9 Etymological Glossary -- 1 Proper Names -- 2 Appellatives -- Epilogue -- 1 The Turkic Minority -- 2 Regional Features -- 3 Cultural Transformation -- Bibliography -- Index of Greek and Slavonic Names and Terms -- General Index.

In The Byzantine Turks, 1204-1461 Rustam Shukurov offers an account of Turkic minority in Late Byzantium including Nicaean, Palaiologan, and Grand Komnenian empires.

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