Introduction.- The steppe region in world history, K. Gronbech.- A geographical history of Central Asia, K. de B. Codrington.- Tribal names and titles amongst the Altaic peoples, O. Pritsak.- The Oldest Mentions to the Turks in Arabic literature, T. Kowalski.- The Turks in the Shah-name, T. Kowalski.- Khazar Turkish ghulams in caliphal service, P.B. Golden.- Al-Xwarazmi on the Turks of Central Asia, C.E. Bosworth and Sir Gerard Clauson.- Turks in the Middle East before the Saljuqs, R.N. Frye and Aydin M. Sayili.- The Turks in the Islamic lands up to the mid-11th century, C.E. Bosworth.- Barbarian invasions: the coming of the Turks into the Islamic world, C.E. Bosworth.- Notes on the Risala of Ibn-Fadlan, R.N. Frye and R.P. Blake.- Mu'tasim and the Turks, Osman S.A. Ismail.- Aspects of the early history of the Central Asian guard corps in Islam, C. Beckwith.- The founding of a new capital: Samarra', Osman S.A. Ismail.- The Malik-nama and the history of Seljuq origins, Cl. Cahen.- The Turkish tribes of Central Asia during the Seljuq period, Cl. Cahen.- Index