Table of Contents
List of Plates and Maps ix
Preface xi
List of Abbreviations xiii
Author's Note xix
Introduction 1
1 Medieval Authors on the Mongols 14
2 The Islamic World and Inner Asian Peoples down to the Mongol Invasion 46
3 The Mongol Westward Advance (1219-53) 71
4 Apportioning and Governing an Empire (c. 1221-c. 1260) 95
5 Hülegü's Campaigns and Imperial Fragmentation (1253-62) 125
6 Devastation, Depopulation and Revival in the Age of Conquest 153
7 The Era of Inter-Mongol Warfare 182
8 Pax Mongolica and a Transcontinental Traffic 210
9 Mediated Sovereignty: The Client Muslim Kingdoms 242
10 Unbelieving Monarchs and their Servants 269
11 The Rule of the Infidel 297
12 The Onset of Islamization: (a) Common Themes 328
13 The Onset of Islamization: (b) Royal Converts and Muslim Resurgence 352
Epilogue 381
Conclusion 409
Appendix 1 Glossary of technical terms 419
Appendix 2 Genealogical tables and lists of rulers 421
Notes 428
Bibliography 554
Index 587