Making Mongol history : Rashid al-Din and the Jamiʻ al-tawarikh /

"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. It begins with an overview of administrative history and historiography in the early Ilkhanate, culminating with Rashid al-Din's Blessed Hi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kamola, Stefan T. (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press [2019]
Series:Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctvrs91bj
Table of Contents:
  • Mongols in a Muslim world, 1218-1280
  • The likely course of an unlikely life, 1248-1302
  • Mongol dynastic history, 1302-1304
  • New projects of faith and power, 1304-1312
  • Remaking Mongol history, 1307-1313
  • Creating the image of Rashid al-Din, 1312-1335
  • Epilogue : Rashid al-Din at the court of Shahrokh.