Beyond the legacy of Genghis Khan / edited by Linda Komaroff.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Komaroff, Linda, 1953-

Series:

Islamic history and civilization ; v. 64.

Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, 0929-2403 ; v. 64

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ilkhanid dynasty--Congresses.

Ilkhanid dynasty.

Mongols--Iran--History--Congresses.

Mongols.

Iran--History--1256-1500--Congresses.

Iran.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (678 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This publication offers a wide-ranging account of the Mongols in western and eastern Asia in the aftermath of Genghis Khan's disruptive invasions of the early thirteenth century, focusing on the significant cultural, social, religious and political changes that followed in their wake. The issues considered concern art, governance, diplomacy, commerce, court life, and urban culture in the Mongol world empire as originally presented at a 2003 symposium at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and now distilled in this volume. This collection of 23 papers by many of the main authorities in the field demonstrates both the scope and the depth of the current state of Mongol-related studies and will undoubtedly inspire and provoke further research. The text is profusely illustrated by 27 color and 110 black-and-white illustrations.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

NOTES ON TRANSLITERATIONS AND DATES

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

- LINDA KOMAROFF

CULTURE AND COMMERCE IN THE MONGOL WORLD EMPIRE

CULTURAL TRANSMISSION AND EXCHANGE IN THE MONGOL EMPIRE: NOTES FROM THE BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF IBN AL-FUWATĪ

- DEVIN DEWEESE

DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS AND GIFTS EXCHANGED BY MAMLUKS AND ILKHANS

- DONALD P. LITTLE

JOCHID LUXURY METALWORK: ISSUES OF GENESIS AND DEVELOPMENT

- MARK KRAMAROVSKY

THE MARITIME TRADE OF KISH DURING THE MONGOL PERIOD

- RALPH KAUZ

ILKHANID RULE AND ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRANIAN POLITICAL CULTURE

- BERT G. FRAGNER

LIFESTYLES AT THE COURTS OF THE RULING ELITE

AVRAGA SITE: THE 'GREAT ORDŪ' OF GENGHIS KHAN

- NORIYUKI SHIRAISHI

THE ILKHANID PALACE AT TAKHT-I SULAYMAN: EXCAVATION RESULTS

- DIETRICH HUFF

HÜLEGÜ MOVES WEST: HIGH LIVING AND HEARTBREAK ON THE ROAD TO BAGHDAD

- JOHN MASSON SMITH, JR.

THE KESHIG IN IRAN: THE SURVIVAL OF THE ROYAL MONGOL HOUSEHOLD

- CHARLES MELVILLE

THE ARTS OF THE BOOK IN ILKHANID IRAN

CALLIGRAPHERS, ILLUMINATORS, AND PAINTERS IN THE ILKHANID SCRIPTORIUM

- SHEILA S. BLAIR

ERUDITION EXALTED: THE DOUBLE FRONTISPIECE TO THE EPISTLES OF THE SINCERE BRETHREN

- ROBERT HILLENBRAND

IN THE BEGINNING: FRONTISPIECES AND FRONT MATTER IN ILKHANID AND INJUID MANUSCRIPTS

- MARIANNA SHREVE SIMPSON

PATRONAGE OF THE ARTS OF THE BOOK UNDER THE INJUIDS OF SHIRAZ

- ELAINE WRIGHT

THOUGHTS ON A SHĀHNĀMA LEGACY OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY: FOUR ĪNJŪ MANUSCRIPTS AND THE GREAT MONGOL SHĀHNĀMA

- ELEANOR SIMS

THE ARTS AND ARTISTIC INTERCHANGE

PAPER: THE TRANSFORMATIVE MEDIUM IN ILKHANID ART

- JONATHAN M. BLOOM

CHINESE MOTIFS IN THIRTEENTH-CENTURY ARMENIAN ART: THE MONGOL CONNECTION

- DICKRAN KOUYMJIAN.

POTTERY UNDER THE MONGOLS

- OLIVER WATSON

PERSIAN POETRY ON ILKHANID ART AND ARCHITECTURE

- BERNARD O'KANE

STATE AND RELIGION IN ILKHANID IRAN

HOROSCOPES AND PLANETARY THEORY: ILKHANID PATRONAGE OF ASTRONOMERS

- GEORGE SALIBA

REFLECTIONS ON A 'DOUBLE RAPPROCHEMENT': CONVERSION TO ISLAM AMONG THE MONGOL ELITE DURING THE EARLY ILKHANATE

- JUDITH PFEIFFER

RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY UNDER ILKHANID RULE C. 1300 AS REFLECTED IN THE FREER BAL'AMĪ

- TERESA FITZHERBERT

THE MONGOL LEGACY OF PERSIAN FARMĀNS

- ABOLALA SOUDAVAR

CONCLUDING REMARKS

THE MONGOL EMPIRE IN WORLD HISTORY

- DAVID MORGAN

BIBLIOGRAPHY

COLOR PLATES

BLACK AND WHITE FIGURES

INDEX.

Notes:

"Originally presented at a 2003 symposium at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [439]-502) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-39856-X

9786611398569

1-4356-5503-6

90-474-2549-9

OCLC:

290584558