Along the Silk Roads in Mongol Eurasia : generals, merchants, intellectuals / edited by Michal Biran, Jonathan Brack and Francesca Fiaschetti.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Biran, Michal, Editor.

Fiaschetti, Francesca, Editor.

Brack, Jonathan, 1981- Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectuals--Mongolia--13th century--Biography.

Intellectuals.

Intellectuals--Mongolia--14th century--Biography.

Mongols--History, Military--13th century--Biography.

Mongols.

Mongols--History, Military--13th century--Biography..

Merchants--Mongolia--13th century--Biography.

Merchants.

Merchants--Mongolia--14th century--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2020.

Summary:

During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, Chinggis Khan and his heirs established the largest contiguous empire in the history of the world, extending from Korea to Hungary and from Iraq, Tibet, and Burma to Siberia. Ruling over roughly two thirds of the Old World, the Mongol Empire enabled people, ideas, and objects to traverse immense geographical and cultural boundaries. Along the Silk Roads in Mongol Eurasia reveals the individual stories of three key groups of people—military commanders, merchants, and intellectuals—from across Eurasia. These annotated biographies bring to the fore a compelling picture of the Mongol Empire from a wide range of historical sources in multiple languages, providing important insights into a period unique for its rapid and far-reaching transformations. Read together or separately, they offer the perfect starting point for any discussion of the Mongol Empire’s impact on China, the Muslim world, and the West and illustrate the scale, diversity, and creativity of the cross-cultural exchange along the continental and maritime Silk Roads.Features and Benefits:Synthesizes historical information from Chinese, Arabic, Persian, and Latin sources that are otherwise inaccessible to English-speaking audiences.Presents in an accessible manner individual life stories that serve as a springboard for discussing themes such as military expansion, cross-cultural contacts, migration, conversion, gender, diplomacy, transregional commercial networks, and more.Each chapter includes a bibliography to assist students and instructors seeking to further explore the individuals and topics discussed.Informative maps, images, and tables throughout the volume supplement each biography.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Notes on Dates and Transliterations

Introduction

1. Guo Kan: Military Exchanges between China and the Middle East

2. Baiju: The Mongol Conqueror at the Crossfire of Dynastic Struggle

3. Qutulun: The Warrior Princess of Mongol Central Asia

4. Yang Tingbi: Mongol Expansion along the Maritime Silk Roads

5. Sayf al-Dīn Qipchaq al-Mans.ūrī: Defection and Ethnicity between Mongols and Mamluks

6. Tuqtuqa and His Descendants: Cross-Regional Mobility and Political Intrigue in the Mongol Yuan Army

7. Jaʿfar Khwāja: Sayyid, Merchant, Spy, and Military Commander of Chinggis Khan

8. Diplomacy, Black Sea Trade, and the Mission of Baldwin of Hainaut

9. Jamāl al-Dīn al-T. ībī: The Iraqi Trader Who Traversed Asia

10. Taydula: A Golden Horde Queen and Patron of Christian Merchants

11. Rashīd al-Dīn: Buddhism in Iran and the Mongol Silk Roads

12. Fu Mengzhi: “The Sage of Cathay” in Mongol Iran and Astral Sciences along the Silk Roads

13. ʿĪsa Kelemechi: A Translator Turned Envoy between Asia and Europe

14. Pādshāh Khatun: An Example of Architectural, Religious, and Literary Patronage in Ilkhanid Iran

15. Islamic Learning on the Silk Roads: The Career of Jalāl al-Dīn al-Akhawī

Glossary

Chronology

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520970786

0520970780

OCLC:

1163878397