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Parution : Atri Hatef Naiemi, Ilkhanid Capital Cities. Transcultural Interactions, Edinburgh University Press, 2025

 

Ilkhanid Capital Cities
Transcultural Interactions

 

Atri Hatef Naiemi

 

 

 

 

 

Studies the interaction between Perso-Islamic sedentary concepts and Mongolian nomadic traditions in the context of Ilkhanid capital cities

  • Combines fields as diverse as history, art history, archaeology, religious studies and comparative literature
  • Works with a range of sources, from archaeological and architectural material, to aerial photographs, travel narratives, manuscript miniatures and chronicles
  • Uses primary sources in a multitude of languages including Persian, Arabic and Chinese, and is based primarily on the works of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century authors writing in Persian
  • Discusses several examples of the architectural and urban projects patronized by the Ilkhans in Iran
  • Offers extensive evidence drawn from newly excavated archaeological sites in the northwest of Iran
  • Illuminates the dialogue established between the Mongol conquerors and the Iranians following the conquest of Iran in the thirteenth century

Ilkhanid Capital Cities studies the capital cities founded by the Mongol Ilkhans in Iran during the Ilkhanid period (1256–1335). It primarily focuses on two major cities in the northwest of Iran, Ghazaniyya and Sultaniyya, and examines how the court-sponsored urban projects in these two cities reflected the interactions between Perso-Islamic sedentary concepts and Mongolian nomadic traditions.

Questioning the earlier reductive scholarly framework that positioned the Mongols as uncultured barbarians, this study stresses the active role of the Mongol elite not only as agents, but also cultural donors in the Perso-Mongol cultural zeitgeist of late thirteenth- and early fourteenth-century Iran. It provides a fuller and more convincing picture of the Ilkhanid city, which is characterized by a hybrid quality injected not only into the physical structure of the city, but also into the taste, motivations, and world views of its patrons.

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Chargé de diffusion scientifique (12 décembre 2025). Parution : Atri Hatef Naiemi, Ilkhanid Capital Cities. Transcultural Interactions, Edinburgh University Press, 2025. IISMM. Consulté le 22 janvier 2026 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/15bze


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