Acknowledgements .............................................. vii
List of Maps, Genealogical Tables and Illustrations .......... viii
List of Abbreviations .......................................... ix
Notes on Transliteration ..................................... xiii
Introduction .................................................... l
PART 1. The Memoria of the Mongols in Historical and Literary
Sources
1 Mythico-Legendary Figures and History between East and
West ........................................................ 17
2 The Mongols and the Legend of Prester John .................. 41
3 The Historiographical Works of Barhebraeus on the Mongol
Period ...................................................... 66
4 The Historical taqwīm in Muslim East ........................ 89
PART 2. Shamanism and Islam
5 Shamanism and Islam in Central Asia. Two Antinomic
Religious Universes? ....................................... 107
6 The Transformation of a Myth of Origins, Genghis Khan and
Timur ...................................................... 121
7 Mongol Law versus Islamic Law. Myth and Reality ............ 134
PART 3. Conquering the World Protected by the Tenggeri
8 From 'Non-Negotiation' to an Abortive Alliance. Thoughts
on the Diplomatic Exchanges between the Mongols and
the Latin West ............................................. 159
9 Hülegü's Letters to the Last Ayyubid Ruler of Syria.
The Construction of a Model ................................ 199
PART 4. Mamluks and Ilkhans. The Quest of Legitimacy
10 Legitimizing a Low-Born, Regicide Monarch. Baybars and
the Ilkhans ................................................ 221
11 The Written and the Spoken Word. Baybars and the Caliphal
Investiture Ceremonies in Cairo ............................ 244
12 Ghazan Khan's Invasion of Syria. Polemics on his
Conversion to Islam and the Christian Troops in His Army ... 255
13 A Religious Response to Ghazan Khan's Invasions of Syria.
The Three "Anti-Mongol" fatwās of Ibn Taymiyya ............. 283
Epilogue. The Mongol Empire after Genghis Khan ................ 306
Maps .......................................................... 323
Genealogical Tables ........................................... 327
Bibliography .................................................. 331
Illustrations ................................................. 373
Index ......................................................... 383
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