From foes to protectors: ‘The Merits of the Turks’ and ninth-century praise writing - Gabrielle Russo (Cambridge)
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11/21/2025 02:00 PM
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From foes to protectors: ‘The Merits of the Turks’ and ninth-century praise writing - Gabrielle Russo (Cambridge)
Gabrielle’s research examines praise writing for the Turkic military elite in the third/ninth centur
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Gabrielle’s research examines praise writing for the Turkic military elite in the third/ninth century, with reference to al-Jāḥiẓ’s (d. 255/868–9) epistle Manāqib al-Turk (“The Merits of the Turks”) and the poetry of al-Buḥturī (d. 284/897). This project considers how and why praise literature for the Turkic military was composed and approaches questions on the nature of court power and military patronage under the ʿAbbāsids.
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