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Ceremonial Rites of Meetings and Offseeings of Abbasid Caliphs` Ambassadors at Gaznevid Courts*

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Khuseynov Farukh Rakhimovich

Abstract

Proceeding from mediaeval originals belonging in particular to Beykhaki, Utbi, Gardezi, the author analyzes the ceremonial rites of meetings and offseeings of the Abbasid caliph`s ambassadors at Gaznevids` court. The author presents the tradition of the rituals  which accompanied the ceremonies in question. Ambassadors from Bagdad were commissioned with  important  state affairs.  To the latters there might refer a crowning of a recurrent emir of Gazna. A  new caliph after an ascension to the  throne also sent  an ambassador of his to Gazna with this news in order a khutba  addressed to him were read in Gaznewids` state. Reception of an ambassador and  his  offseeing home were accompanied with a large number of ceremonies. After the conquest  of Khorasan by Seljukids diplomatic ties with the caliphate were broken.

Keywords

Gaznevids` dynasty, ambassador, treaty and commitments, sultan, ceremonial rites, donations

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Publication date

Tuesday, 30 June 2015