Kurt Franz, Asien-Orient-Institut, Abteilung für Orient- und Islamwissenschaft, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübngen
THURSDAY, 21.02.2008
18:15
Opening lecture
Beatrice Manz (Medford, Mass.)
Nomad Rulers and Local Armies in the Islamic Middle Period
FRIDAY, 22.02.2008
09:15
Keynote adress: Jürgen Paul (Halle)
09:30
Etienne de la Vaissière (Paris)
Muwaffaq’s Mamluks
10:15
Deborah Tor (Ramat-Gan)
A Heretical Re-Evaluation of the Mamluk Military Institution in the
Eastern Islamic World, 800–1040
11:00
Coffee break
11:15
Michele Bernardini (Naples)
The Role of the Turkomans in the Army of Timur: The Evolution of the
Post-Mongol Armies
12:00
Jürgen Paul (Halle)
Who makes Use of Whom? Some Observations on the Khwarazmshah Dynasty
12:45
Lunch
14:45
David Durand-Guédy (Paris/Tehran)
The Role of Nomadic Elements in Seljuq Warfare
15:30
Kurt Franz (Halle)
The See-Saw Policy of the Syrian Bedouin between Mamluks and Mongols
16:15
Coffee break
16:30
Reuven Amitai (Jerusalem)
Ibn Khaldun on Mongol Military Might
SATURDAY, 23.02.2008
09:15
Giorgio Rota (Vienna)
Fighting with the Qizilbash: Some Remarks on Safavid Warfare
10:00
Mansur Sefatgol (Tehran)
Shahri and Hashami: Continuity and Change in the Tribal Structure in
Safavid Iran, 1501–1736
10:45
Coffee break
11:00
Charles Melville (Cambridge)
The Horrors of War and the Arts of Peace: Images of Battle in Persian Manuscripts
11:45
Suraiya Faroqhi (Munich/Istanbul)
(to be announced)
12:30
Lunch
14:30
William Wood (San Diego)
Nomadic Troops in the 19th Century Khivan Khanate: The Example of
the Jamshidis
15:15
Wolfgang Holzwarth (Halle)
The Role of Uzbek Tribal Forces in Russian-Bukharan Military Encounters, 1866–1868
16:00
Coffee break
16:15
Concluding discussion
Chair: Bert Fragner (Vienna)