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

• Superior document: Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, v. 64
• TeilnehmendeR: Komaroff, Linda, 1953-
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic history and civilization ; v. 64.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (678 p.)
• Notes: "Originally presented at a 2003 symposium at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art"--P. [4] of cover.

Table of 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.