Cover; Power, Politics, and Tradition in the Mongol Empire and the Īlkhānate of Iran; Copyright; Table of Contents; List of Figures, Genealogical Tables, and Maps; Conventions of Transliteration; Acknowledgements; 1: Introduction; The Sources; The Charismatic Authority of Chinggis Khan; 2: The Problem of Succession (1227-59); The Toluid Coup and the Patrimonial State; 3: Hülegü and the Īlkhānate; Collegial Rule in the Early Īlkhānate (1265-84); 4: The Patrimonialist Revival and the Fight for Political Primacy (1284-1304); Ghazan -The Messiah King
5: Amīrate or Sultanate?: The Chinggisid Legacy; 6: Conclusion; Select Glossary of Foreign Terms and Expressions; Bibliography; Primary Literature; Secondary Literature; Index
Summary
Traces the transmission of power within the Mongol Empire after the death of Chinggis Khan in 1227, exploring how the military aristocracy and the central government differed in their views of what constituted legitimate political authority, and the impact this had on the Ilkhanate, the Middle Eastern successor state of the Mongol Empire
