This book traces the origins, history, and memory of the Jalayirid dynasty, a family that succeeded the Mongol Ilkhans in Iran and Iraq in the 14th and early 15th centuries. The story of how the Jalayirids came to power is illustrative of the political dynamics that shaped much of the Mongol and post-Mongol period in the Middle East. The Jalayirid sultans sought to preserve the social and political order of the Ilkhanate, while claiming that they were the rightful heirs to the rulership of that order. Central to the Jalayirids' claims to the legacy of the Ilkhanate was their attempt to control the Ilkhanid heartland of Azarbayjan and its major city, Tabriz. Control of Azarbayjan meant control of a network of long-distance trade between Chin...
The Jāmi' al-Tawārīkh of Rashīd al-Dīn (d. 1318), which was dedicated to the Ilkhanid ruler Öljeitü ...
At the end of the first third of the 15th century, a prominent representative of the Muslim elite, a...
This dissertation investigates the arts of the book in the Abū’l-Khairid dynasty. Often and inaccura...
This book traces the origins, history, and memory of the Jalayirid dynasty, a family that succeeded ...
The period of Middle Eastern history between the collapse of the Mongol Ilkhanate in 1335 and the ri...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2013The Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh (Collected histories) of Rashīd ...
The Mongol invasions of Central Asia were the greatest catastrophe in the history of Islamic civiliz...
In this paper I wish to illuminate the life of historian and author Rashīd al-Dīn Fadhl-allāh Hamadā...
This article examines the emergence of the Ḥusaynī sayyids as key facilitators of the Mongols’ accul...
This book explores the causes and consequences of Chinggis Khan's invasion of Khorasan in the 13th c...
Explores the political, economic and religious role of women in the Mongol empire This book shows t...
The book investigates the development of women’s status in the Mongol Empire from its original homel...
Hulegu Khan's arrival in Iran circa 1254 has often been depicted in a negative light. This article ...
The Shi’i Ismaili Muslims of Central Asia have a complex political history. This open access book is...
This dissertation focuses on the fashioning of new discourses on authority and sacral kingship in th...
The Jāmi' al-Tawārīkh of Rashīd al-Dīn (d. 1318), which was dedicated to the Ilkhanid ruler Öljeitü ...
At the end of the first third of the 15th century, a prominent representative of the Muslim elite, a...
This dissertation investigates the arts of the book in the Abū’l-Khairid dynasty. Often and inaccura...
This book traces the origins, history, and memory of the Jalayirid dynasty, a family that succeeded ...
The period of Middle Eastern history between the collapse of the Mongol Ilkhanate in 1335 and the ri...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2013The Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh (Collected histories) of Rashīd ...
The Mongol invasions of Central Asia were the greatest catastrophe in the history of Islamic civiliz...
In this paper I wish to illuminate the life of historian and author Rashīd al-Dīn Fadhl-allāh Hamadā...
This article examines the emergence of the Ḥusaynī sayyids as key facilitators of the Mongols’ accul...
This book explores the causes and consequences of Chinggis Khan's invasion of Khorasan in the 13th c...
Explores the political, economic and religious role of women in the Mongol empire This book shows t...
The book investigates the development of women’s status in the Mongol Empire from its original homel...
Hulegu Khan's arrival in Iran circa 1254 has often been depicted in a negative light. This article ...
The Shi’i Ismaili Muslims of Central Asia have a complex political history. This open access book is...
This dissertation focuses on the fashioning of new discourses on authority and sacral kingship in th...
The Jāmi' al-Tawārīkh of Rashīd al-Dīn (d. 1318), which was dedicated to the Ilkhanid ruler Öljeitü ...
At the end of the first third of the 15th century, a prominent representative of the Muslim elite, a...
This dissertation investigates the arts of the book in the Abū’l-Khairid dynasty. Often and inaccura...