Full Description
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
Preface List of Figures List of Abbreviations Notes on Dates and Transliteration List of Contributors Introduction Chapter 1. Courts and Court Culture in the Proto-urban and Urban Developments among the Pre-Chinggisid Turkic Peoples. Chapter 2. Sedentary Rulers on the Move: The Travels of the Early Ghaznavid Sultans. Chapter 3. From Tents to City: The Royal Court of the Western Qarakhanids between Bukhara and Samarqand. Chapter 4. The Tents of the Saljuqs. Chapter 5. Court and Nomadic Life in Saljuq Anatolia. Chapter 6. Seasonal Capitals with Permanent Buildings under the Great Qans and the Ilkhans. Chapter 7. Rulers and City Life in Mongol Central Asia (1220-1370). Chapter 8. Dynastic Mausolea of the Timurids and Their Ornaments: Propaganda and Memorial. Chapter 9. The Itineraries of Shahrukh b. Timur (1405-47). Chapter 10. A Landscape of Fortresses: Central Anatolia in Astarabadi's Bazm wa razm. Chapter 11. The Castle and the Country: Spatial Orientations of Qipchaq Mamluk Rule. Chapter 12. Between Tehran and Sultaniyya. Early Qajar Rulers and their Itineraries. Index
