Mongol Empire and its Legacy

Reuven Amitai-Preiss, Ph.D. (1990) in Middle Eastern History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is Senior Lecturer in medieval Islamic history at the Hebrew University, and author of Mongols and Mamluks: The Mamluk-Ilkhanid War (Cambridge, 1995). David Orrin Morgan, Ph.D. (1977) in History at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London, is Reader in the History of the Middle East at the University of London. He has written The Mongols (London, 1986) and Medieval Persia (London, 1988), and is editor of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society.

From reviews of the hardcover edition:'Scholars fascinated with Chinggis Khan and the Eurasian steppe will not be disappointed.'Charles C. Kolb, National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington DC 20506, Religious Studies Review, 1999.'The book is a must-read for the specialist and worth a close look by generalists. Recommended.'Word Trade, 1999.'The volume is a welcome and useful addition to the growing body of modern studies on the Mongol empire, offering fresh perspectives and shedding new light on some old problems.'Peter B. Golden (Rutgers University), The International History Review, 2000.

• List of Maps and FigureList of AbbreviationsNotes on Dates and TransliterationsList of ContributorsIntroductionEarly History of the Mongol EmpireWhat the Partridge Told the Eagle: A Neglected Arabic Source on Chinggis Khan and the Early History of the Mongols, Robert G. IrwinFrom Ulus to Khanate: The Making of the Mongol States, c. 1220-c. 1290, Peter JacksonThe Mongols in the Middle EastMongol Nomadism and Middle Eastern Geography: Qīshlāqs and Tümens, John Masson Smith, Jr.Mongol Imperial Ideology and the Ilkhanid War against the Mamluks, Reuven Amitai-PreissThe Īlkhān Öljeitü’s Conquest of Gīlān (1307): Rumour and Reality, Charles MelvilleThe Āthār wa ahyāʾ of Rashīd al-Dīn Fadl Allāh Hamadānī and His Contribution as an Agronomist, Arboriculturist and Horticulturist, A.K.S. LambtonThe Letters of Rashīd al-Dīn: Īlkhānid Fact or Timurid Fiction? A.H. MortonThe Mongols in China and the Far EastMongol Empire and Turkicization: The Evidence of Food and Foodways, Paul D. BuellNotes on Shamans, Fortune-tellers and Yin-Yang Practitioners and Civil Administration in Yüan China, Elizabeth Endicott-WestQubilai Qaʾan and ʾPhags-pa bLa-ma, Sh. BiraQubilai Qaʾan and the Historians: Some Remarks on the Position of the Great Khan in Pre-modern Chinese Historiography, T.H. BarrettThe Legacy of the Mongol EmpireChina as a Successor State to the Mongol Empire, Hidehiro OkadaSome Comments on the Consequences of the Decline of the Mongol Empire on the Social Development of the Mongols, Udo B. BarkmannHow Mongol were the Early Ottomans? Rudi Paul LindnerThe Early History of the Moghul Nomads: The Legacy of the Chaghatai Khanate, Hodong KimThe Legitimacy of Khanship among the Oyirad (Kalmyk) Tribes in Relation to the Chinggisid Principle, Junko MiyawakiThe Vicissitudes of Mongolian Historiography in the Twentieth Century, Thomas N. HainingIndex