Aigle D. The Mongol Empire between myth and reality: studies in anthropological history. - Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2015. - xii, 393 p.: ill. - (Iran studies; vol.11). - Bibliogr.: p.331-372. - Ind.: p.383-393. - ISBN 978-90-04-27749-6; ISSN 1569-7401 Шифр: (Pr 1202/11) 02  Место хранения:   02 | Отделение ГПНТБ СО РАН | Новосибирск

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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