Contents

pp.：  5 – 6

List of Contributors

pp.：  7 – 10

List of Illustrations

pp.：  11 – 14

Introduction. From Baghdad to Marāgha, Tabriz, and Beyond: Tabriz and the Multi-Cephalous Cultural, Religious, and Intellectual Landscape of the 13th to 15th Century Nile-to-Oxus Region

pp.：  15 – 26

Part One Intellectuals, Bureaucrats and Politics

pp.：  27 – 28

Hülegü and His Wise Men: Topos or Reality?

pp.：  29 – 48

'Alā' al-Dawla Simnānī’s Religious Encounters at the Mongol Court near Tabriz

pp.：  49 – 90

“Tabrizis in Shiraz are Worth Less Than a Dog:” Sa'dī and Humām, a Lyrical Encounter

pp.：  91 – 142

Confessional Ambiguity vs. Confessional Polarization: Politics and the Negotiation of Religious Boundaries in the Ilkhanate

pp.：  143 – 182

Part Two The Transmission of Knowledge

pp.：  183 – 184

In Pursuit of Memoria and Salvation: Rashīd al-Dīn and His Rab'-i Rashīdī

pp.：  185 – 200

Rashīd al-Dīn Fadl Allāh al-Hamadhānī’s Manuscript Production Project in Tabriz Reconsidered

pp.：  201 – 214

What Was the Purpose of Astronomy in Ījī’s Kitāb al-Mawāqif fī 'ilm al-kalām?

pp.：  215 – 244

New Light on Shams: The Islamic Side of Σὰμψ Πουχάρης

pp.：  245 – 262

Part Three Tabriz and Interregional Networks

pp.：  263 – 264

Civitas Thauris. The Significance of Tabriz in the Spatial Frameworks of Christian Merchants and Ecclesiastics in the 13th and 14th Centuries

pp.：  265 – 314

“Rich in Goods and Abounding in Wealth:” The Ilkhanid and Post-Ilkhanid Ruling Elite and the Politics of Commercial Life at Tabriz, 1250–1400

pp.：  315 – 334

Tabriz: International Entrepôt under the Mongols

pp.：  335 – 370

Tabrizi Woodcarvings in Timurid Iran

pp.：  371 – 384

Imperial Aqquyunlu Construction of Religious Establishments in the Late Fifteenth Century Tabriz

pp.：  385 – 400

Index

pp.：  401 – 411