The Mongol Empire and its Legacy / / edited by Morgan, Reuven Amitai-Preiss.

• Superior document: Islamic History and Civilization ; 24
• TeilnehmendeR: Amitai-Preiss, Reuven,; Morgan,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 1999.
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic History and Civilization ; 24.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

The Mongol empire was founded early in the 13th century by Chinggis Khan and within the span of two generations embraced most of Asia, becoming the largest land-based state in history. The united empire lasted only until around 1260, but the major successor states continued on in the Middle East, present day Russia, Central Asia and China for generations, leaving a lasting impact - much of which was far from negative - on these areas and their peoples. The papers in this volume present new perspectives on the establishment of the Mongol empire, Mongol rule in the eastern Islamic world, Central Asia and China, and the legacy of this rule. The various authors approach these subjects from the view of political, military, social, cultural and intellectual history. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.

Table of Contents

List of Maps and Figure -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes on Dates and Transliterations -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Early History of the Mongol Empire -- What the Partridge Told the Eagle: A Neglected Arabic Source on Chinggis Khan and the Early History of the Mongols, Robert G. Irwin -- From Ulus to Khanate: The Making of the Mongol States, c. 1220-c. 1290, Peter Jackson -- The Mongols in the Middle East -- Mongol Nomadism and Middle Eastern Geography: Qīshlāqs and Tümens, John Masson Smith, Jr. -- Mongol Imperial Ideology and the Ilkhanid War against the Mamluks, Reuven Amitai-Preiss -- The Īlkhān Öljeitü's Conquest of Gīlān (1307): Rumour and Reality, Charles Melville -- The Āthār wa ahyāʾ of Rashīd al-Dīn Fadl Allāh Hamadānī and His Contribution as an Agronomist, Arboriculturist and Horticulturist, A.K.S. Lambton -- The Letters of Rashīd al-Dīn: Īlkhānid Fact or Timurid Fiction? A.H. Morton -- The Mongols in China and the Far East -- Mongol Empire and Turkicization: The Evidence of Food and Foodways, Paul D. Buell -- Notes on Shamans, Fortune-tellers and Yin-Yang Practitioners and Civil Administration in Yüan China, Elizabeth Endicott-West -- Qubilai Qaʾan and ʾPhags-pa bLa-ma, Sh. Bira -- Qubilai Qaʾan and the Historians: Some Remarks on the Position of the Great Khan in Pre-modern Chinese Historiography, T.H. Barrett -- The Legacy of the Mongol Empire -- China as a Successor State to the Mongol Empire, Hidehiro Okada -- Some Comments on the Consequences of the Decline of the Mongol Empire on the Social Development of the Mongols, Udo B. Barkmann -- How Mongol were the Early Ottomans? Rudi Paul Lindner -- The Early History of the Moghul Nomads: The Legacy of the Chaghatai Khanate, Hodong Kim -- The Legitimacy of Khanship among the Oyirad (Kalmyk) Tribes in Relation to the Chinggisid Principle, Junko Miyawaki -- The Vicissitudes of Mongolian Historiography in the Twentieth Century, Thomas N. Haining -- Index.