Turko-Mongol rulers, cities and city life : [this book originated in the International Conference "Turko-Mongol Rulers, Cities and City Life in Iran and the Neighboring Countries" held at the University of Tokyo on 12-13 September 2009

For nearly a millennium, a large part of Asia was ruled by Turkic or Mongol dynasties of nomadic origin. What was the attitude of these dynasties towards the many cities they controlled, some of which were of considerable size? To what extent did they live like their subjects? How did they evolve? Turko-Mongol Rulers, Cities and City-life aims to broaden the perspective on the issue of location of rule in this particular context by bringing together specialists in various periods, from pre-Chingissid Eurasia to nineteenth-century Iran, and of various disciplines (history, archaeology, history of art). Contributors include: Michal Biran, David Durand-Guédy, Kurt Franz, Peter Golden, Minoru Inaba, Nobuaki Kondo, Yuri Karev, Tomoko Masuya, Charles Melville, Jürgen Paul and Andrew Peacock Contents 6 LIST OF FIGURES 8 Preface 12 List of abbreviations 16 Notes on dates and transliteration 18 Notes on contributors 20 Introduction 24 Location of rule in a context of Turko-Mongol domination 24 David Durand-Guédy 24 Chapter one 44 Courts and Court Culture in the Proto-urban and Urban Developments among the Pre-Chinggisid Turkic Peoples 44 Peter Golden 44 Chapter two 98 Sedentary Rulers on the Move: The Travels of the Early Ghaznavid Sultans 98 Minoru Inaba 98 Chapter three 122 From tents to city. The royal court of the Western Qarakhanids between Bukhara and Samarqand 122 Yury Karev 122 Chapter four 172 The tents of the Saljuqs 172 David Durand-Guédy 172 Chapter five 214 Court and nomadic life in Saljuq Anatolia 214 A.C.S. Peacock 214 Chapter six 246 Seasonal capitals with permanent buildings in the Mongol empire 246 Tomoko Masuya* 246 Chapter seven 280 Rulers and City Life in Mongol Central Asia (1220-1370) 280 Michal Biran 280 Chapter eight 308 The itineraries of Shāhrukh b. Timur (1405-47) 308 Charles Melville 308 Chapter nine 340 A Landscape of Fortresses: Central Anatolia in Astarābādī’s Bazm wa razm 340 Jürgen Paul 340 Chapter ten 370 The Castle and the Country: Spatial Orientations of Qipchaq Mamluk Rule 370 Kurt Franz 370 Chapter eleven 408 Between Tehran and Sulṭāniyya. Early Qajar Rulers and their Itineraries 408 Nobuaki Kondo 408 Index of Persons, dynasties and groups 440 Index of Places 446 Index of primary sources 458 Index of secondary sources 462 Index of technical terms and concepts 468 Introduction. location of rule in a context of Turko-Mongol domination / David Durand-Guedy 1. Courts and court culture in the proto-urban and urban developments among the pre-Chinggisid Turkic peoples / Peter Golden 2. Sedentary Rulers on the Move: The Travels of the Early Ghaznavid Sultans / Minoru Inaba 3. From tents to city. the royal court of the western Qarakhanids between Bukhara and Samarqand / Yury Karev 4. The Tents of the Saljuqs / David Durand-Guedy 5. Court and Nomadic Life in Saljuq Anatolia / Andrew Peacock 6. Seasonal Capitals with Permanent Buildings in the Mongol Empire / Tomoko Masuya 7. Rulers and City Life in Mongol Central Asia (1220-1370) / Michal Biran 8. The Itineraries of Shahrukh b. Timur (1405-47) / Charles Melville 9. A Landscape of Fortresses: Central Anatolia in Astarabadi's Bazm wa razm / Jurgen Paul 10. The Castle and the Country: Spatial Orientations of Qipchaq Mamluk Rule / Kurt Franz 11. Between Tehran and Sultaniyya. Early Qajar Rulers and their Itineraries / Nobuaki Kondo Index List of figures. For nearly a millennium, a large part of Asia was ruled by Turkic or Mongol dynasties of nomadic origin. What was the attitude of these dynasties towards the many cities they controlled, some of which were of considerable size? To what extent did they live like their subjects? How did they evolve? Turko-Mongol Rulers, Cities and City Life aims to broaden the perspective on the issue of location of rule in this particular context by bringing together specialists in various periods, from pre-Chingissid Eurasia to nineteenth-century Iran, and of various disciplines (history, archaeology, history of art). Contributors include: Michal Biran, David Durand-Gudy, Kurt Franz, Peter Golden, Minoru Inaba, Nobuaki Kondo, Yuri Karev, Tomoko Masuya, Charles Melville, Jrgen Paul and Andrew Peacock. Turko-mongol Rulers,cities And City-life Studies Dynasties Of Turkic, Mongol Or Turko-mongol Origin From A Spatial Perspective. Turko-Mongol Rulers, Cities and City-life studies dynasties of Turkic, Mongol or Turko-Mongol origin from a spatial perspective