Mi, 23.02.2022 17:00

Islamic Intellectual History during the Mamluk-Ilkhan War: The Case of Marāgha and Its Manuscript Culture

Webinar series "Pre-modern Islamic manuscripts"

Online lecture by Dr. Hadel Jarada | Institute of Iranian Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna

In the period between the sacking of Baghdad in 656/1258 and the first Mamluk-Ilkhan war in 658/1260, tensions between the Ilkhanids and the Mamluks were at an all-time high. The Mongol invasions put pressure on the Mamluks to fortify their eastern borders. Political hostilities undoubtedly led to ramifications in the sphere of sociocultural and economic history. Yet the question remains, what of the impact of the political bifurcation between the Mamluk Sultanate and the Ilkhanate on the intellectual history of this period? Did the demarcation and consolidation of the territorial borders between the Mamluks and the Ilkhanids lead to a slower trickle of scholarly exchange and contact? This talk addresses this question through an examination of the manuscript evidence that survives from the period, focusing on the literature that was produced or copied in or around the city of Marāgha and its immediate environs during the thirteenth century, at the height of tensions between the Mamluks and the Ilkhanids.

 

This lecture is the fifth of a Webinar series organised by the NoMansLand research project (FWF Y 1232) dedicated to the study of Islamic manuscripts in pre-modern Iran and Central Asia.

Convenor: Project team "Nomads' Manuscripts Landscape"

For a list of coming lectures in the webinar series, please see Webinar series "Pre-modern Islamic manuscripts"

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Time
23 February 2022
17:00-18:30

Online Zoom lecture

 

Webinar series "Pre-modern Islamic manuscripts"