The Mongols' Middle East [Texte imprimé] : continuity and transformation in Ilkhanid Iran / edited by Bruno De Nicola and Charles Melville

"The Mongols' Middle East : Continuity and Transformation in Ilkhanid Iran offers a collection of academic articles that investigate different aspects of Mongol rule in 13th- and 14th-century Iran. Sometimes treated only as part of the larger Mongol Empire, the volume focuses on the Ilkhanate (1258-1335) with particular reference to its relations with its immediate neighbours. It is divided into four parts, looking at the establishment, the internal and external dynamics of the realm, and its end. The different chapters, covering several topics that have received little attention before, aim to contribute to a better understanding of Mongol rule in the Middle East and its role in the broader medieval Eurasian world and its links with China. With contributions by: Reuven Amitai, Michal Biran, Bayarsaikhan Dashdondog, Bruno De Nicola, Florence Hodous, Boris James, Aptin Khanbaghi, Judith Kolbas, George Lane, Timothy May, Charles Melville, Esther Ravalde, Karin Rührdanz"--Provided by publisher

Notes bibliogr.

Introduction / Charles Melville and Bruno De Nicola -- Part 1. The Mongol conquest of the Middle East -- Mongol conquest strategy in the Middle East / Timothy May -- Continuity and change in the Mongol army of the Ilkhanate / Reuven Amitai -- Part 2. Internal actors : politics, economy and religion -- Shams al-Din Juvaynii, the vizier and patron : mediation between ruler and ruled in the Ilkhanate / Esther Ravalde -- The economic role of Mongol women : continuity and transformation from Mongolia to Iran / Bruno De Nicola -- Faith and the law : religious beliefs and the death penalty in the Ilkhanate / Florence Hodous -- Part 3. Culture and the arts -- Music in the Mongol conquest of Baghdad : Safi al-Din Urmawi and the Ilkhanid circle of musicians / Michal Biran -- Historical epic as Mongol propaganda? : Juvayni's motifs and motives / Judith Kolbas -- From the Mongols to the Timurids : refinement and attrition in Persian painting / Karin Ruhrdanz -- Part 4. Relationships with neighbouring actors -- Champions of the Persian language : the Mongols or the Turks? / Aptin Khanbaghi -- Darughachi in Armenia / Bayarsaikhan Dashdondog -- The Phoenix Mosque / George Lane -- Mamluk and Mongol peripheral politics : asserting sovereignty in the Middle East's "Kurdish Zone" (1260-1330) / Boris James -- Epilogue: The end of the Ilkhanate and after : observations on the collapse of the Mongol world empire / Charles Melville