List of illustrations
List of maps
List of dynastic tables
Acknowledgments
Notes on transliteration
List of abbreviations
Introduction
THE MEMORIA OF THE MONGOLS IN HISTORICAL AND LITERARY SOURCES
Chapter One. Mythico-legendary figures and history between East and West
Chapter Two. The Mongols and the legend of Prester John
Chapter Three. The historiographical works of Barhebreaus on the Mongol period
Chapter Four. The historical taqwīm in Muslim East
SHAMANISM AND ISLAM
Chapter Five. Shamanism and Islam in Central Asia. Two antinomic religious universes?
Chapter Six. The transformation of a myth of origins, Genghis Khan and Timur
Chapter Seven. Mongol law versus Islamic law. Myth and reality
CONQUERING THE WORLD PROTECTED BY THE TENGGERI
Chapter Eight. From ‘non-negociation’ to an abortive alliance. Thoughts on the diplomatic exchanges between the Mongols and the Latin West
Chapter Nine. Hülegü’s letters to the last Ayyubid ruler of Syria. The construction of a model
MAMLUKS AND ILKHANS. THE QUEST OF LEGITIMACY
Chapter Ten. Legitimizing a regicide monarch. Baybars and the Ilkhans
Chapter Eleven. The written and the spoken word. Baybars and the caliphal investiture ceremonies in Cairo
Chapter Twelve. The Ghazan Khan’s invasion of Syria. Polemics on his conversion to Islam and the Christian troops in his army
Chapter Thirteen. A religious response to Ghazan Khan’s invasion of Syria. The three ‘anti-Mongol’ fatwās of Ibn Taymiyya
Epilogue. The Mongol empire after Genghis Khan
Maps
Genealogical Tables
Bibliography
Index
Illustrations
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