Making Mongol History: Rashid Al-Din and the Jami? Al-Tawarikh

ISBN-13: 9781474421423 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 320 str.

Stefan Kamola

Opis

This book examines the life and work of Rashid al-Din Tabib (d. 1318), the most powerful statesman working for the Mongol Ilkhans in the Middle East.

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Mongols in a Muslim world, 1218-1280; 2. The likely course of an unlikely life, 1248-1302; 3. Mongol dynastic history, 1302-1304; 4. New projects of faith and power, 1304-1312; 5. Remaking Mongol history, 1307-1313; 6. Creating the image of Rashid al-Din, 1312-1335; Epilogue: Rashid al-Din at the court of Shahrokh; Appendix A. The Collected Histories and its illustrations; Appendix B. A descriptive catalogue of manuscripts of the Collected Histories; Bibliography.