The Jalayirids
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Author(s)
Wing, Patrick
Collection
Knowledge Unlatched (KU)Language
EnglishAbstract
This book traces the origins, history, and memory of the Jalayirid dynasty, a family that succeeded the Mongol Ilkhans in Iran and Iraq in the 14th and early 15th centuries. The story of how the Jalayirids came to power is illustrative of the political dynamics that shaped much of the Mongol and post-Mongol period in the Middle East. The Jalayirid sultans sought to preserve the social and political order of the Ilkhanate, while claiming that they were the rightful heirs to the rulership of that order. Central to the Jalayirids' claims to the legacy of the Ilkhanate was their attempt to control the Ilkhanid heartland of Azarbayjan and its major city, Tabriz. Control of Azarbayjan meant control of a network of long-distance trade between China and the Latin West, which continued to be a source of economic prosperity through the 8th/14th century.
Keywords
History; Azerbaijan (Iran); Baghdad; Emir; Genghis Khan; Ilkhanate; Jalairid Sultanate; Jalairs; Sultan; TabrizISBN
9781474402262Publisher
Edinburgh University PressPublisher website
http://www.euppublishing.com/Publication date and place
2016-01-01Grantor
Classification
Middle Eastern history