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

Weitere Verfasser: Pfeiffer, Judith, 1964- , [HerausgeberIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.
Umfang/Format: xiv, 397 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Iran studies, v. 8
ISBN: 9789004255395
ISSN: 1569-7401 ;
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction: From Baghdad to Maragha, 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
  • Part One. Intellectuals, bureaucrats, and politics
  • Hulegu and his wise men : Topos or reality? / Reuven Amitai
  • "Ala" al-Dawla Simnani's religious encounters at the Mongol court near Tabriz / Devin DeWeese
  • "Tabrizis in Shiraz are worth less than a dog" : Sa'di and Humam, a lyrical encounter / Domenico Ingenito
  • Confessional ambiguity vs. confessional polarization : politics and the negotiation of religious boundaries in the Ilkhanate / Judith Pfeiffer
  • Part Two. The transmission of knowledge
  • In pursuit of memoria and salvation : Rashid al-Din and his Rab'-i Rashidi / Birgitt Hoffmann
  • Rashid al-Din Fa'l-Allah al-Hamadhani's manuscript production project in Tabriz reconsidered / Nourane ben Azzouna
  • What was the purpose of astronomy in Iji's Kitab al-Mawaqiffi 'ilm al-Kalam / Robert Morrison
  • New light on shams : the Islamic side of [ ] / F. Jamil Ragep
  • Part Three. Tabriz and interregional networks
  • Civitas Thauris : the significance of Tabriz in the spatial frameworks of Christian merchants and ecclesiastics in the 13th and 14th century / 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 entrepot 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 / Ertugrul Okten.