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Iran After the Mongols (Hardcover)
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Iran After the Mongols (Hardcover)
Series: The Idea of Iran
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Following the devastating Mongol conquest of Baghdad in 1258, the
domination of the Abbasids declined leading to successor polities,
chiefly among them the Ilkhanate in Greater Iran, Iraq and the
Caucasus. Iranian cultural identities were reinstated within the
lands that make up today's Iran, including the area of greater
Khorasan. The Persian language gained unprecedented currency over
Arabic and new buildings and manuscripts were produced for princely
patrons with aspirations to don the Iranian crown of kingship. This
new volume in "The Idea of Iran" series follows the complexities
surrounding the cultural reinvention of Iran after the Mongol
invasions, but the book is unique capturing not only the effects of
Mongol rule but also the period following the collapse of
Mongol-based Ilkhanid rule. By the mid-1330s the Ilkhanate in Iran
was succeeded by alternative models of authority and local Iranian
dynasties. This led to the proliferation of diverse and competing
cultural, religious and political practices but so far scholarship
has neglected to produce an analysis of this multifaceted history
in any depth. Iran After the Mongols offers new and cutting-edge
perspectives on what happened. Analysing the fourteenth century in
its own right, Sussan Babaie and her fellow contributors capture
the cultural complexity of an era that produced some of the most
luminous masterpieces in Persian literature and the most
significant new building work in Tabriz, Yazd, Herat and Shiraz.
Featuring contributions by leading scholars, this is a wide-ranging
treatment of an under-researched period and the volume will be
essential reading for scholars of Iranian Studies and Middle
Eastern History.
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