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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450078903321

Autore

Lane George <1952, >

Titolo

Early Mongol rule in thirteenth-century Iran : a Persian renaissance / / George Lane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-43103-1

1-280-07130-3

9786610071302

0-203-41787-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Collana

Studies in the history of Iran and Turkey

Disciplina

955/.02

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Iran History 1256-1500

Iran Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-322) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Transliteration; The sources; Divine punishment or God's secret intent?; Baghdad and its aftermath; The uneasy borders; Abaqa Khan and the west; Berke Khan and the north; Baraq Khan and the east; The provinces; Kirman; Shiraz; Herat; The Juwayns; Poets, Sufis and Qalandars; Return of a king; Appendix: maps; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book opposes the way in which, for too long, the whole period of Mongol domination of Iran has been viewed from a negative standpoint.