Patricia Blessing is a staff member at the Stanford Humanities Center and Lecturer, Department of Art and Art History, Stanford University, USA.

"... this book is an eye-opening stroll through the monumental architecture of early Islamic Anatolia. Interweaving the historical and economic forces in play during the later 13th and early 14th centuries, through a study of archives, a rich scholarly literature and a personal knowledge of the land and its remains, Patricia Blessing examines the predominantly local architectural patronage under the Mongols in the main centres of Konya, Sivas, and Erzurum, and the smaller towns of Tokat, Amasya, and Ankara ... this attractive and clearly written book is far more than just an examination of architectural developments in Mongol Anatolia, but also a study in history that probes back into the Seljuk period and forwards into Ottoman times."- Professor Paul Arthur (Universita del Salento, Italy) in the journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology

• Contents: Introduction: reframing the lands of Rum; A capital without royal patronage: Konya (1240-1280); A capital of learning: three madrasas in Sivas (1271-1272); On the Ilkhanid frontier: Erzurum (1280-1320); Small cities in a global moment: Tokat, Amasya, Ankara (1280-1330); Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

Patricia Blessing is a staff member at the Stanford Humanities Center and Lecturer, Department of Art and Art History, Stanford University, USA.

"... this book is an eye-opening stroll through the monumental architecture of early Islamic Anatolia. Interweaving the historical and economic forces in play during the later 13th and early 14th centuries, through a study of archives, a rich scholarly literature and a personal knowledge of the land and its remains, Patricia Blessing examines the predominantly local architectural patronage under the Mongols in the main centres of Konya, Sivas, and Erzurum, and the smaller towns of Tokat, Amasya, and Ankara ... this attractive and clearly written book is far more than just an examination of architectural developments in Mongol Anatolia, but also a study in history that probes back into the Seljuk period and forwards into Ottoman times."- Professor Paul Arthur (Universita del Salento, Italy) in the journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology

• Contents: Introduction: reframing the lands of Rum; A capital without royal patronage: Konya (1240-1280); A capital of learning: three madrasas in Sivas (1271-1272); On the Ilkhanid frontier: Erzurum (1280-1320); Small cities in a global moment: Tokat, Amasya, Ankara (1280-1330); Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

Patricia Blessing is a staff member at the Stanford Humanities Center and Lecturer, Department of Art and Art History, Stanford University, USA.

"... this book is an eye-opening stroll through the monumental architecture of early Islamic Anatolia. Interweaving the historical and economic forces in play during the later 13th and early 14th centuries, through a study of archives, a rich scholarly literature and a personal knowledge of the land and its remains, Patricia Blessing examines the predominantly local architectural patronage under the Mongols in the main centres of Konya, Sivas, and Erzurum, and the smaller towns of Tokat, Amasya, and Ankara ... this attractive and clearly written book is far more than just an examination of architectural developments in Mongol Anatolia, but also a study in history that probes back into the Seljuk period and forwards into Ottoman times."- Professor Paul Arthur (Universita del Salento, Italy) in the journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology

• Contents: Introduction: reframing the lands of Rum; A capital without royal patronage: Konya (1240-1280); A capital of learning: three madrasas in Sivas (1271-1272); On the Ilkhanid frontier: Erzurum (1280-1320); Small cities in a global moment: Tokat, Amasya, Ankara (1280-1330); Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.