Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps
- Preface
- Chronology
- Family tree of major Timurid princes
- Introduction
- 1 The formation of the Timurid state under Shahrukh
- 2 Issues of sources and historiography
- 3 Shahrukh's dīwān and its personnel
- 4 Political and military resources of Iran
- 5 Timurid rule in southern and central Iran
- 6 Political dynamics in the realm of the supernatural
- 7 The dynasty and the politics of the religious classes
- 8 The rebellion of Sultan Muhammad b. Baysunghur and the struggle over succession
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 July 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps
- Preface
- Chronology
- Family tree of major Timurid princes
- Introduction
- 1 The formation of the Timurid state under Shahrukh
- 2 Issues of sources and historiography
- 3 Shahrukh's dīwān and its personnel
- 4 Political and military resources of Iran
- 5 Timurid rule in southern and central Iran
- 6 Political dynamics in the realm of the supernatural
- 7 The dynasty and the politics of the religious classes
- 8 The rebellion of Sultan Muhammad b. Baysunghur and the struggle over succession
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
Summary
I have profited from the support of several institutions while writing this book. A fellowship from the American Research Institute in Turkey in 1990 allowed me to begin research in the libraries of Istanbul. In the summer of 1996 I spent two months in Tashkent, Bukhara and Samarqand on a Tufts Faculty Research award. Grants from the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Endowment for the Humanities in 1991–92 and a National Council for Eurasian and East European Research Fellowship for the calendar year 1999 allowed me to take leave from teaching. Finally, in 2003–04 a membership at the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies, together with an American Council of Learned Societies fellowship and a Tufts Faculty Research award allowed me to finish the manuscript while beginning my next project. To all of these institutions I want to express my heartfelt thanks.
A number of individuals have also provided valuable help. Professor Bert Fragner generously facilitated a semester spent at the University in Bamberg, in spring, 1993, which provided a peaceful place to work and an introduction to several colleagues who continue to help and inspire. Leonard Lewisohn lent me his unpublished dissertation and answered a number of important questions for me. Several colleagues have read parts of the manuscript and offered valuable advice; I want to thank in particular Devin Deweese, Jo-Ann Gross, Ahmet Karamustafa, Robert McChesney, David Morgan, Johannes Pahlitsch and Jürgen Paul.
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- Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid Iran , pp. xi - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007