Timurids in Transition
Turko-Persian Politics and Acculturation in Medieval Iran
Gebonden Engels 2007 9789004160316Samenvatting
How did the the descendants of Tamerlane, collectively known as the Timurids, make the transition from a nomadic empire to a sedentary polity based on the Perso-Islamic model , and what effect did the process of transition have on their Turko-Mongolian customs and identity? This volume seeks to answer these questions by utilizing the Weberian concepts of the “routinization” of charismatic authority and the patrimonial household state.
Focusing on the period of the last Timurid ruler, Sulṭān-Ḥusain Bayqara (1469–1506), the author examines the impact of the introduction of Persian modes of bureaucratic administration on the evolution of Timurid government and describes the development of the agrarian economy of the eastern Iranian province of Khorasan through the Islamic institution of the pious endowment.
Based on an exceptionally broad range of sources in Persian, Arabic, and Turkic languages, the book provides a new paradigm for understanding the Timurids within the framework of post-Mongol history and offers fresh insights into Turko-Persian relations and the problem of acculturation in medieval Iran.
Specificaties
Lezersrecensies
Inhoudsopgave
NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND STYLE
MAPS, TABLES, AND ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE. THE ROUTINIZATION OF CHARISMA: THE TIMURID PATRIMONIAL HOUSEHOLD STATE
CHAPTER TWO. POLITICAL VAGABOND TO POTENTATE: THE CAREER OF SULṬĀN-ḤUSAIN BAYQARA
CHAPTER THREE. THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE: CENTRALIZING REFORMS AND THEIR OPPONENTS
CHAPTER FOUR. THE SEARCH FOR LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS: KHORASAN AND THE AGRICULTURAL IMPERATIVE
CHAPTER FIVE. PIETY AND PRAGMATISM: THE ROLE OF THE ISLAMIC ENDOWMENT
CHAPTER SIX. SAINTS AND SCRIBES: TIMURID SHRINES AS VEHICLES FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND AGROMANAGEMENT
CONCLUSION
APPENDIX ONE. SURVEY OF ENDOWMENT DEEDS FROM THE TIMURID PERIOD
APPENDIX TWO. A TIMURID DEED OF ENDOWMENT: THE VAQFIYYA OF AFAQ BEGIM
APPENDIX THREE. AN EDICT OF SULṬĀN-ABŪ SA‘ĪD CONCERNING COMPLETION OF THE GULISTĀN DAM AT MASHHAD
APPENDIX FOUR. A DIPLOMA OF APPOINTMENT ISSUED BY SULṬĀN-ḤUSAIN FOR THE SUPERVISOR OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AT THE ‘ALID SHRINE AT BALKH
APPENDIX FIVE. BILLS OF PURCHASE AND SALE RELATING TO THE PRIVATIZATION OF STATE LAND IN THE BALKH REGION BY SULṬĀN-ḤUSAIN
FACSIMILE EDITION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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