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.