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- The Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire
- The Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures in Volume I
- Figures in Volume II
- Maps in Volume I
- Maps in Volume II
- Tables in Volume I
- Contributors to Volume I
- Contributors to Volume II
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Dates and Transliterations
- Abbreviations
- Volume I
- Volume II
- Volume II Part 1 Literary Sources
- Volume II Part 2 Archaeological and Visual Sources
- 17 Archaeological Sources
- 18 Archaeological Sources
- 19 Archaeological Sources
- 20 Archaeological Sources
- 21 Visual Sources
- Index to Volume I
- Index to Volume II
- References
18 - Archaeological Sources
The Ilkhanate
from Volume II Part 2 - Archaeological and Visual Sources
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2024
- The Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire
- The Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures in Volume I
- Figures in Volume II
- Maps in Volume I
- Maps in Volume II
- Tables in Volume I
- Contributors to Volume I
- Contributors to Volume II
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Dates and Transliterations
- Abbreviations
- Volume I
- Volume II
- Volume II Part 1 Literary Sources
- Volume II Part 2 Archaeological and Visual Sources
- 17 Archaeological Sources
- 18 Archaeological Sources
- 19 Archaeological Sources
- 20 Archaeological Sources
- 21 Visual Sources
- Index to Volume I
- Index to Volume II
- References
Summary
Under the Ilkhanate (1260–1335), the Mongol state in West Asia, a number of cities and buildings were newly constructed. While some Islamic religious buildings such as mosques and tombs of religious figures have survived as functioning buildings or as ruins above ground, the capital cities and secular buildings established by the Ilkhans have been almost entirely lost, despite extensive contemporaneous information on them. Nevertheless, the remarkable progress in archaeological research since the twentieth century has unearthed several of them, as well as rock-cut structures. Such sites include the observatory in Maragha; three rock-cut structures in western Iran; the Ilkhanid summer quarters at Takht-i Sulaymān; the eighth Ilkhan Öljeitü’s capital city, Sultaniyya; and the charitable foundation called Rabʿ-i Rashīdī founded by Rashīd al-Dīn in the eastern suburb of Tabriz.
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- The Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire , pp. 1312 - 1322Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023