Beyond the Legacy of Genghis Khan (Islamic History and Civilization)

This Publication Offers A Wide-ranging Account Of The Mongols In Western And Eastern Asia In The Aftermath Of Genghis Khan's Disruptive Invasions Of The Early Thirteenth Century, Focusing On The Significant Cultural, Social, Religious And Political Changes That Followed In Their Wake. The Issues Considered Concern Art, Governance, Diplomacy, Commerce, Court Life, And Urban Culture In The Mongol World Empire As Originally Presented At A 2003 Symposium At The Los Angeles County Museum Of Art And Now Distilled In This Volume. This Collection Of 23 Papers By Many Of The Main Authorities In The Field Demonstrates Both The Scope And The Depth Of The Current State Of Mongol-related Studies And Will Undoubtedly Inspire And Provoke Further Research. The Text Is Profusely Illustrated By 27 Color And 110 Black-and-white Illustrations. -- Back Cover. Cultural Transmission And Exhange In The Mongol Empire : Notes From The Biographical Dictionary Of Ibn Al-fuwaṭī / Devin Deweese -- Diplomatic Missions And Gifts Exhanged By Mamluks And Ilkhans / Donald P. Little -- Jochid Luxury Metalwork : Issues Of Genesis And Development / Mark Kramarovsky -- The Maritime Trade Of Kish During The Mongol Period / Ralph Kauz -- Ilkhanid Rule And Its Contributions To Iranian Political Culture / Bert G. Fragner -- Avraga Site : The Great Ordū Of Genghis Khan / Noriyuki Shiraishi -- The Ilkhanid Palace At Takht-i Sulayman : Excavation Results / Dietrich Huff -- Hülegü Moves West : High Living And Heartbreak On The Road To Baghdad / John Masson Smith, Jr. -- The Keshig In Iran : The Survival Of The Royal Mongol Household / Charles Melville -- Calligraphers, Illuminators, And Painters In The Ilkhanid Scriptorium / Sheila S. Blair -- Erudition Exalted : The Double Frontispiece To The Epistles Of The Sincere Brethren / Robert Hillenbrand -- In The Beginning : Frontispieces And Front Matter Ilkhanid And Injuid Manuscripts / Marianna Shreve Simpson. Patronage Of The Arts Of The Book Under The Injuids Of Shiraz / Elaine Wright -- Thoughts On A Shāhnāma Legacy Of The Fourteeth Century : Four Īnjū Manscripts And The Great Mongol Shāhnāma / Eleanor Sims -- Paper : The Transformative Medium In Ilkhanid Art / Jonathan M. Bloom -- Chinese Motifs In Thirteenth-century Armenian Art : The Mongol Connection / Dickran Kouymijian -- Pottery Under The Mongols / Oliver Watson -- Perisan Poetry On Ilkhanid Art And Architecture / Bernard O'kane -- Horoscopes And Planetary Theory : Ilkhanid Patronage Of Astronomers / George Saliba -- Reflections On A Double Rapprochement : Conversion To Islam Among The Mongol Elite During The Early Ilkhanate / Judith Pfeiffer -- Religious Diversity Under Ilkhanid Rule C. 1300 As Reflected In The Freer Bal'amī / Teresa Fitzherbert -- The Mongol Legacy Of Persian Farmāns / Abol Al A Soudavar -- The Mongol Empire In World History / David Morgan. Edited By Linda Komaroff. Some Papers Originally Presented At An International Symposium Held June 13-15, 2003, At The Los Angeles County Museum Of Art In Connection With The Exhibition The Legacy Of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art And Culture In Western Asia, 1256-1353, Co-organized By Lacma And The Metropolitan Museum Of Art. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [439]-502) And Index. CONTENTS......Page 6 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 9 NOTES ON TRANSLITERATIONS AND DATES......Page 21 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS......Page 22 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 25 INTRODUCTION --- LINDA KOMAROFF......Page 28 CULTURE AND COMMERCE IN THE MONGOL WORLD EMPIRE......Page 36 CULTURAL TRANSMISSION AND EXCHANGE IN THE MONGOL EMPIRE: NOTES FROM THE BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF IBN AL-FUWATĪ --- DEVIN DEWEESE......Page 38 DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS AND GIFTS EXCHANGED BY MAMLUKS AND ILKHANS --- DONALD P. LITTLE......Page 57 JOCHID LUXURY METALWORK: ISSUES OF GENESIS AND DEVELOPMENT --- MARK KRAMAROVSKY......Page 70 THE MARITIME TRADE OF KISH DURING THE MONGOL PERIOD --- RALPH KAUZ......Page 78 ILKHANID RULE AND ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRANIAN POLITICAL CULTURE --- BERT G. FRAGNER......Page 95 LIFESTYLES AT THE COURTS OF THE RULING ELITE......Page 108 AVRAGA SITE: THE 'GREAT ORDŪ' OF GENGHIS KHAN --- NORIYUKI SHIRAISHI......Page 110 THE ILKHANID PALACE AT TAKHT-I SULAYMAN: EXCAVATION RESULTS --- DIETRICH HUFF......Page 121 HÜLEGÜ MOVES WEST: HIGH LIVING AND HEARTBREAK ON THE ROAD TO BAGHDAD --- JOHN MASSON SMITH, JR.......Page 138 THE KESHIG IN IRAN: THE SURVIVAL OF THE ROYAL MONGOL HOUSEHOLD --- CHARLES MELVILLE......Page 162 THE ARTS OF THE BOOK IN ILKHANID IRAN......Page 192 CALLIGRAPHERS, ILLUMINATORS, AND PAINTERS IN THE ILKHANID SCRIPTORIUM --- SHEILA S. BLAIR......Page 194 ERUDITION EXALTED: THE DOUBLE FRONTISPIECE TO THE EPISTLES OF THE SINCERE BRETHREN --- ROBERT HILLENBRAND......Page 210 IN THE BEGINNING: FRONTISPIECES AND FRONT MATTER IN ILKHANID AND INJUID MANUSCRIPTS --- MARIANNA SHREVE SIMPSON......Page 240 PATRONAGE OF THE ARTS OF THE BOOK UNDER THE INJUIDS OF SHIRAZ --- ELAINE WRIGHT......Page 275 THOUGHTS ON A SHĀHNĀMA LEGACY OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY: FOUR ĪNJŪ MANUSCRIPTS AND THE GREAT MONGOL SHĀHNĀMA --- ELEANOR SIMS......Page 296 THE ARTS AND ARTISTIC INTERCHANGE......Page 314 PAPER: THE TRANSFORMATIVE MEDIUM IN ILKHANID ART --- JONATHAN M. BLOOM......Page 316 CHINESE MOTIFS IN THIRTEENTH-CENTURY ARMENIAN ART: THE MONGOL CONNECTION --- DICKRAN KOUYMJIAN......Page 330 POTTERY UNDER THE MONGOLS --- OLIVER WATSON......Page 352 PERSIAN POETRY ON ILKHANID ART AND ARCHITECTURE --- BERNARD O'KANE......Page 373 STATE AND RELIGION IN ILKHANID IRAN......Page 382 HOROSCOPES AND PLANETARY THEORY: ILKHANID PATRONAGE OF ASTRONOMERS --- GEORGE SALIBA......Page 384 REFLECTIONS ON A 'DOUBLE RAPPROCHEMENT': CONVERSION TO ISLAM AMONG THE MONGOL ELITE DURING THE EARLY ILKHANATE --- JUDITH PFEIFFER......Page 396 RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY UNDER ILKHANID RULE C. 1300 AS REFLECTED IN THE FREER BAL'AMĪ --- TERESA FITZHERBERT......Page 417 THE MONGOL LEGACY OF PERSIAN FARMĀNS --- ABOLALA SOUDAVAR......Page 434 CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 450 THE MONGOL EMPIRE IN WORLD HISTORY --- DAVID MORGAN......Page 452 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 466 COLOR PLATES......Page 530 BLACK AND WHITE FIGURES......Page 560 INDEX......Page 672 This publication offers a wide-ranging account of the Mongols in western and eastern Asia in the aftermath of Genghis Khan's disruptive invasions of the early thirteenth century, focusing on the significant cultural, social, religious and political changes that followed in their wake. The issues considered concern art, governance, diplomacy, commerce, court life, and urban culture in the Mongol world empire as originally presented at a 2003 symposium at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and now distilled in this volume. This collection of 23 papers by many of the main authorities in the field demonstrates both the scope and the depth of the current state of Mongol-related studies and will undoubtedly inspire and provoke further research. The text is profusely illustrated by 30 color and 112 black-and-white illustrations. Contributors Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom, Devin DeWeese, Teresa Fitzherbert, Bert G. Fragner, Robert Hillenbrand, Dietrich Huff, Ralph Kauz, Linda Komaroff, Dickran Kouymjian, Mark Kramarovsky, Donald P. Little, Charles Melville, David Morgan, Bernard O'Kane, Judith Pfeiffer, George Saliba, Noriyuki Shiraishi, Marianna Shreve Simpson, Eleanor Sims, John Masson Smith Jr., Abolala Soudavar, Oliver Watson and Elaine Wright. This volume offers a wide-ranging account of the Mongols in western and eastern Asia in the aftermath of Genghis Khan's disruptive invasions of the early thirteenth century, focusing on the significant cultural, social, religious and political changes that followed in their wake.