The Armenians in the Medieval Islamic World

Seta B. Dadoyan was formerly professor at the American University of Beirut and served as visiting professor of Armenian studies at Columbia University and the University of Chicago. She is a specialist in Islamic-Armenian interaction from the seventh to the fourteenth centuries and has done pivotal work on developing criteria for understanding the cultural, political, and philosophical penetration of each group. She is the author of The Fatimid Armenians: Cultural and Political Interaction in the Middle East , as well as five other books and many papers.

Introduction I. Th e Armenian Intermezzo: Argument for the Classification of the Period as a Unique Phase II. Emigrations and Settlements in al-Sh?m in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries III. Greeks, Christians, Armenians, Ism?‘?l?s, ?amd?nids, F??imids, Kalb?s, and Kil?b?s in al-Sh?m during the Ninth and Tenth Centuries IV. Th e Ghuzz/Turkmens and Seljuks in Asia Minor, Armenia, and al-Sh?m 2 Armenian–Byzantine and Armenian-Islamic Realpolitik and Peripheral Principalities I. Armenian–Byzantine Realpolitik and Peripheral Principalities, Eleventh to Twelfth Centuries Th e Armenians in the Medieval Islamic World II. Th e T‘ondrakian–Ism?‘?l? Connection—Gorg, ?azar, and T‘oros as Missing Link “Brigands” and the Rise of a Heterodox Ruling Class on the Frontiers III. Armenian–Muslim Realpolitik: Muslim–Armenian Powers I. Th e Armenians in Egypt II. Th e Involvement of the Pro-Byzantine Armenian Institutions in Egypt III. Muslim Armenian Vizierial Rule, 1074–1163 IV. Th e Testimony of Architecture I. Th e Dynastic Triangle or the Second Age of Kingdoms II. Th e Mongols: Penetration and Politics III. Cilicia Paradigm Case between the East and the West IV. Th e Kingdom and the Church between Latins, Byzantines, Ayy?bids, Mongols, and Maml?ks I. Beginnings in the Eleventh Century in the North: Narekac‘i, Magistros, and Imastas?r II. Th e Silver Age in a New World: Theology, Philosophy, and Arts III. Church Union and the Predicament of the Cilicians—the Literature IV. Th e Theological–Philosophical Legacy of the Twelfth Century V. New Th inkers: Society, Philosophy, and Science—Aygekc‘i, Rabuni, and Herac‘i VI. New Science VII. New Philosophy: Armenian “Nominalism” VIII. Cilician Aesthetics and New Arts: Poetry and Painting Summary: Th e Arguments in Volume Two