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Ilkhanid Capital Cities studies the capital cities founded by the Mongol Ilkhans in Iran during the Ilkhanid period (1256-1335). It primarily focuses on two major cities in the northwest of Iran, Ghazaniyya and Sultaniyya, and examines how the court-sponsored urban projects in these two cities reflected the interactions between Perso-Islamic sedentary concepts and Mongolian nomadic traditions.
Questioning the earlier reductive scholarly framework that positioned the Mongols as uncultured barbarians, this study stresses the active role of the Mongol elite not only as agents, but also cultural donors in the Perso-Mongol cultural zeitgeist of late thirteenth- and early fourteenth-century Iran. It provides a fuller and more convincing picture of the Ilkhanid city, which is characterized by a hybrid quality injected not only into the physical structure of the city, but also into the taste, motivations and world views of its patrons.
Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Notes for the Reader
Notes on Key Terms
Introduction: The Mongol Ilkhans Meet the Sedentary World and Enter into Dialogue with it
1. The Western and Eastern Neighbours of the Ilkhanid State
2. 'Let our Capital be our Saddle': The Foundation of Urban Centres under the Ilkhanids
3. The Architectural and Urban Projects of Ghazan Khan in Ghazaniyya
4. The Grand Capital of Öljeitü in Sultaniyya
5. Theorising Transcultural Interactions in the Context of Ilkhanid Cities
Concluding Remarks: The Study of Ilkhanid Cities: Challenges and Successes
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
