03944nam 2200625 450 991078810110332120200903223051.090-04-28064-210.1163/9789004280649(CKB)2670000000573302(EBL)1826879(SSID)ssj0001368436(PQKBManifestationID)11745350(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001368436(PQKBWorkID)11469191(PQKB)10368763(MiAaPQ)EBC1826879(nllekb)BRILL9789004280649(Au-PeEL)EBL1826879(CaPaEBR)ebr10960934(CaONFJC)MIL654998(OCoLC)894171669(PPN)184933331(EXLCZ)99267000000057330220141110h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Mongol Empire between myth and reality studies in anthropological history /by Denise AigleLeiden, The Netherlands :Brill,2015.©20151 online resource (407 p.)Iran Studies,1569-7401 ;Volume 11Description based upon print version of record.90-04-27749-8 1-322-23718-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Mythico-Legendary Figures and History between East and West -- 2 The Mongols and the Legend of Prester John -- 3 The Historiographical Works of Barhebraeus on the Mongol Period -- 4 The Historical taqwīm in Muslim East -- 5 Shamanism and Islam in Central Asia. Two Antinomic Religious Universes? -- 6 The Transformation of a Myth of Origins, Genghis Khan and Timur -- 7 Mongol Law versus Islamic Law. Myth and Reality -- 8 From ‘Non-Negotiation’ to an Abortive Alliance. Thoughts on the Diplomatic Exchanges between the Mongols and the Latin West -- 9 Hülegü’s Letters to the Last Ayyubid Ruler of Syria. The Construction of a Model -- 10 Legitimizing a Low-Born, Regicide Monarch. Baybars and the Ilkhans -- 11 The Written and the Spoken Word. Baybars and the Caliphal Investiture Ceremonies in Cairo -- 12 Ghazan Khan’s Invasion of Syria. Polemics on his Conversion to Islam and the Christian Troops in His Army -- 13 A Religious Response to Ghazan Khan’s Invasions of Syria. The Three “Anti-Mongol” fatwās of Ibn Taymiyya -- Epilogue. The Mongol Empire after Genghis Khan -- Maps -- Genealogical Tables -- Bibliography -- Illustrations -- Index.In The Mongol Empire between Myth and Reality , Denise Aigle presents the Mongol empire as a moment of contact between political ideologies, religions, cultures and languages, and, in terms of reciprocal representations, between the Far East, the Muslim East, and the Latin West. The first part is devoted to “The memoria of the Mongols in historical and literary sources” in which she examines how the Mongol rulers were perceived by the peoples with whom they were in contact. In “Shamanism and Islam” she studies the perception of shamanism by Muslim authors and their attempts to integrate Genghis Khan and his successors into an Islamic framework. The last sections deal with geopolitical questions involving the Ilkhans, the Mamluks, and the Latin West. Genghis Khan’s successors claimed the protection of “Eternal Heaven” to justify their conquests even after their Islamization.Iran studies ;Volume 11.MongolsHistoryTo 1500EthnohistoryAsiaMongolsHistoryEthnohistory950/.2Aigle Denise163772MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788101103321The Mongol Empire between myth and reality3777192UNINA