Iran after the mongols / edited by Sussan Babaie (The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London) ; in association with The London Middle East Institute at SOAS

• Superior document: The idea of Iran volume 8
• HerausgeberIn: Babaie, Sussan
• Herausgebendes Organ: London Middle East Institute
• Place / Publishing House: London, New York, Oxford, New Delhi, Sydney : I.B. TAURIS, 2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: The idea of Iran volume 8
• Classification: 15.76 - Vorderer und mittlerer Orient
• Physical Description: 303 Seiten; Illustrationen
• Notes: "This volume is the result of two symposia held in 2014 and 2016 at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, under the auspices of the London Middle East Institute" (Introduction)

Following the devastating Mongol conquest of Baghdad in 1258, the domination of the Abbasids declined leading to successor polities, chiefly among them the Ilkhanate in Greater Iran, Iraq and the Caucasus. Iranian cultural identities were reinstated within the lands that make up today's Iran, including the area of greater Khorasan. The Persian language gained unprecedented currency over Arabic and new buildings and manuscripts were produced for princely patrons with aspirations to don the Iranian crown of kingship. This new volume in "The Idea of Iran" series follows the complexities surrounding the cultural reinvention of Iran after the Mongol invasions, but the book is unique capturing not only the effects of Mongol rule but also the period following the collapse of Mongol-based Ilkhanid rule. By the mid-1330s the Ilkhanate in Iran was succeeded by alternative models of authority and local Iranian dynasties. This led to the proliferation of diverse and competing cultural, religious and political practices but so far scholarship has neglected to produce an analysis of this multifaceted history in any depth. Iran After the Mongols offers new and cutting-edge perspectives on what happened. Analysing the fourteenth century in its own right, Sussan Babaie and her fellow contributors capture the cultural complexity of an era that produced some of the most luminous masterpieces in Persian literature and the most significant new building work in Tabirz, Yazd, Herat and Shiraz. Featuring contributions by leading scholars, this is a wide-ranging treatment of an under-researched period and the volume will be essential reading for scholars of Iranian Studies and Middle Eastern History