Turks : a journey of a thousand years, 600-1600 / edited by David J. Roxburgh.

London : Royal Academy of Arts ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Harry N. Abrams, [2005], ©2005.

494 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm

[15] p. of errata sheets inserted.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 22 Jan. - 12 April 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 479-489) and index.

The Turks: a historical overview / Peter B. Golden -- Religions of the Turks in the pre-Islamic period / Peter Zieme -- The Turks: a chronology / Peter B. Golden -- 1. CENTRAL ASIA, 600-1000 -- Chinese Central Asia (Xinjiang): its peoples and its culture / Marianne Yaldiz -- 2. THE SELJUKS OF IRAN AND THEIR SUCCESSORS -- The emergence of Turkic dynastic presence in the Islamic world: cultural experiences and artistic horizons, 950-1250 / Oya Pancaroǧlu -- 3. THE SELJUKS AND ARTUQIDS OF MEDIEVAL ANATOLIA -- The Anatolian Seljuks / Nazan Ölçer -- 4. MUHAMMAD OF THE BLACK PEN AND HIS PAINTINGS -- Glimpses into the fourteenth-century Turkic world of Central Asia: the paintings of Muhammad Siyah Qalam / Filiz Çaǧman -- 5. THE TIMURIDS AND TURKMEN -- The Timurid and Turkmen dynasties of Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia, c. 1370-1506 / David J. Roxburgh -- 6. THE OTTOMANS: FROM MEHMED II TO MURAD III -- Art of the Otooman court / Serpil Baǧci, Zeren Tanindi -- CATALOGUE ENTRIES -- The Ottoman sultans as poets / Mustafa Isen -- The Turkic languages / Osman Fikri Sertkaya.

Text in English, translated from Turkish, German and Russian.