The Mongols and the Islamic World: From Conquest to Conversion

641 Pages·2017·16.94 MB·English

by  Peter Jackson

THE MONGOLS AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD
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FROM CONQUEST TO CONVERSION
Peter Jackson
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
NEW HAVEN AND LONDON
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Copyright © 2017 Peter Jackson
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CONTENTS
List of Plates and Maps ix
Preface xi
List of Abbreviations xiii
Author’s Note xix
Introduction 1
1 Medieval Authors on the Mongols 14
2 The Islamic World and Inner Asian Peoples down to
the Mongol Invasion 46
3 The Mongol Westward Advance (1219–53) 71
4 Apportioning and Governing an Empire
(c. 1221–c. 1260) 95
5 Hülegü’s Campaigns and Imperial Fragmentation
(1253–62) 125
6 Devastation, Depopulation and Revival in the Age of
Conquest 153
7 The Era of Inter- Mongol Warfare 182
8 Pax Mongolica and a Transcontinental Traffic 210
9 Mediated Sovereignty: The Client Muslim Kingdoms 242
10 Unbelieving Monarchs and their Servants 269
11 The Rule of the Infidel 297
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12 The Onset of Islamization: (a) Common Themes 328
13 The Onset of Islamization: (b) Royal Converts and
Muslim Resurgence 352
Epilogue 381
Conclusion 409
Appendix 1 Glossary of technical terms 419
Appendix 2 Genealogical tables and lists of rulers 421
Notes 428
Bibliography 554
Index 587
PLATES AND MAPS
Plates
1. A Mongol court feast: Diez-Album A, fo. 70, S. 22, no. 1, from Rashīd
al-Dīn, Jāmi‛ al-tawārīkh (reproduced courtesy of the Staatsbibliothek
zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz)
2. Siege operations: Rashīd al-Dīn, Jāmi‛ al-tawārīkh, Edinburgh University
Library, ms. Or. 20, fo. 124b (reproduced courtesy of Edinburgh
University Library)
3. Siege operations: Rashīd al-Dīn, Jāmi‛ al-tawārīkh, Edinburgh University
Library, ms. Or. 20, fo. 130b (reproduced courtesy of Edinburgh
University Library)
4. Prisoners being led away by the Mongols: Diez Album A, fo. 70, S. 19, no.
2, from Rashīd al-Dīn, Jāmi‛ al-tawārīkh (reproduced courtesy of the
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz)
5. The Mongols torturing their prisoners: Diez Album A, fo. 70, S. 6, no. 1,
from Rashīd al-Dīn, Jāmi‛ al-tawārīkh (reproduced courtesy of the
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz)
6. The Prophet recognizing ‛Alī as his rightful successor: al-Bīrūnī, Āthār
al-bāqiya, Edinburgh University Library, ms. Or. 161, fo. 162a (repro-
duced courtesy of Edinburgh University Library)
7. The Prophet’s birth: Rashīd al-Dīn, Jāmi‛ al-tawārīkh, Edinburgh
University Library, ms. Or. 20, fo. 44a (reproduced courtesy of Edinburgh
University Library)
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