Research Catalog

Title

Iran after the Mongols / edited by Sussan Babaie.

Publication

London : I.B. Tauris, 2019.

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Additional Authors

Babaie, Sussan

Description

303 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

Following the devastating Mongol conquest of Baghdad in 1258, the domination of the Abbasids declined leading to successor polities, chiefly among them the Ilkhanate in Greater Iran, Iraq and the Caucasus. Iranian cultural identities were reinstated within the lands that make up today's Iran, including the area of greater Khorasan. The Persian language gained unprecedented currency over Arabic and new buildings and manuscripts were produced for princely patrons with aspirations to don the Iranian crown of kingship. 0This new volume in "The Idea of Iran" series follows the complexities surrounding the cultural reinvention of Iran after the Mongol invasions, but the book is unique capturing not only the effects of Mongol rule but also the period following the collapse of Mongol-based Ilkhanid rule. By the mid-1330s the Ilkhanate in Iran was succeeded by alternative models of authority and local Iranian dynasties. This led to the proliferation of diverse and competing cultural, religious and political practices but so far scholarship has neglected to produce an analysis of this multifaceted history in any depth. Iran After the Mongols offers new and cutting-edge perspectives on what happened. Analysing the fourteenth century in its own right, Sussan Babaie and her fellow contributors capture the cultural complexity of an era that produced some of the most luminous masterpieces in Persian literature and the most significant new building work in Tabirz, Yazd, Herat and Shiraz. Featuring contributions by leading scholars, this is a wide-ranging treatment of an under-researched period and the volume will be essential reading for scholars of Iranian Studies and Middle Eastern History.

Series Statement

The idea of Iran ; Volume viii

Uniform Title

Idea of Iran ; v. 8.

Subjects

• Iran
• Islamic Empire
• Social conditions
• Iran > History > 1256-1500
• Islamic Empire > History > 1258-1517
• Iran > Social conditions
• History
• 1256-1517

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Call Number

JFE 19-7173

ISBN

• 1788315286
• 9781788315289

OCLC

1047791947

Title

Iran after the Mongols / edited by Sussan Babaie.

Publisher

London : I.B. Tauris, 2019.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

The idea of Iran ; Volume viii

Idea of Iran ; v. 8.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Chronological Term

1256-1517

Added Author

Babaie, Sussan, editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 19-7173