Politics, patronage, and the transmission of knowledge in 13th-15th century Tabriz /

In Politics, Patronage and the Transmission of Knowledge in 13th - 15th Century Tabriz , an international group of specialists from different disciplines investigate the role of Tabriz as one of the foremost centres of learning, cultural productivity, and politics in post-Mongol Iran and the Middle...

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Other Authors: Pfeiffer, Judith, 1964-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden : Brill, 2014.

Series: Iran Studies 8.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262485.

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Call Number: DS325.T14 P65 2014

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction. From Baghdad to Marāgha, Tabriz, and Beyond: Tabriz and the Multi-Cephalous Cultural, Religious, and Intellectual Landscape of the 13th to 15th Century Nile-to-Oxus Region /
  • Judith Pfeiffer
  • Hülegü and His Wise Men: Topos or Reality? /
  • Reuven Amitai
  • ʿAlāʾ al-Dawla Simnānī's Religious Encounters at the Mongol Court near Tabriz /
  • Devin DeWeese
  • "Tabrizis in Shiraz are Worth Less Than a Dog:" Saʿdī and Humām, a Lyrical Encounter /
  • Domenico Ingenito
  • Confessional Ambiguity vs. Confessional Polarization: Politics and the Negotiation of Religious Boundaries in the Ilkhanate /
  • Judith Pfeiffer
  • In Pursuit of Memoria and Salvation: Rashīd al-Dīn and His Rabʿ-i Rashīdī /
  • Birgitt Hoffmann
  • Rashīd al-Dīn Faḍl Allāh al-Hamadhānī's Manuscript Production Project in Tabriz Reconsidered /
  • Nourane Ben Azzouna
  • What Was the Purpose of Astronomy in Ījī's Kitāb al-Mawāqif fī ʿilm al-kalām? /
  • Robert Morrison
  • New Light on Shams: The Islamic Side of Σὰμψ Πουχάρης /
  • F. Jamil Ragep
  • Civitas Thauris. The Significance of Tabriz in the Spatial Frameworks of Christian Merchants and Ecclesiastics in the 13th and 14th Centuries /
  • Johannes Preiser-Kapeller
  • "Rich in Goods and Abounding in Wealth:" The Ilkhanid and Post-Ilkhanid Ruling Elite and the Politics of Commercial Life at Tabriz, 1250-1400 /
  • Patrick Wing
  • Tabriz: International Entrepôt under the Mongols /
  • Sheila S. Blair
  • Tabrizi Woodcarvings in Timurid Iran /
  • Joachim Gierlichs
  • Imperial Aqquyunlu Construction of Religious Establishments in the Late Fifteenth Century Tabriz /
  • Ertuğrul Ökten
  • Index.