{"product_id":"an-afterlife-for-the-khan-muslims-buddhists-and-sacred-kingship-in-mongol-iran-and-eurasia-hardcover","title":"An Afterlife for the Khan: Muslims, Buddhists, and Sacred Kingship in Mongol Iran and Eurasia - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Z. Brack\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Mongol Empire, the interfaith court provided a contested arena for a performance of the Mongol ruler's sacred kingship, and the debate was fiercely ideological and religious. At the court of the newly established Ilkhanate, Muslim administrators, Buddhist monks, and Christian clergy all attempted to sway their imperial overlords, arguing fiercely over the proper role of the king and his government, with momentous and far-reaching consequences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Focusing on the famous but understudied figure of the grand vizier Rashid al-Din, a Persian Jew who converted to Islam, Jonathan Z. Brack explores the myriad ways Rashid al-Din and his fellow courtiers investigated, reformulated, and transformed long-standing ideas of authority and power. Out of this intellectual ferment of accommodation, resistance, and experimentation, they developed a completely new understanding of sacred kingship. This new ideal, and the political theology it subtends, would go on to become a central justification in imperial projects across Eurasia in the centuries that followed. \u003ci\u003eAn Afterlife for the Khan\u003c\/i\u003e offers a powerful cultural and intellectual history of this pivotal moment for Islam and empire in the Middle East and Asia.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is undoubtedly a work of major importance. Sure to form the indispensable basis for future research, whether on the conversion of the Mongols or even on conversion more generally, Brack's persuasive work lies at the cutting edge of current scholarship on the accommodation of the Mongols of the faiths of those they ruled.--Peter Jackson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mongols and the Islamic World: From Conquest to Conversion\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eAfterlife for the Khan\u003c\/i\u003e is a scholarly work of the first importance that makes a major contribution to our understanding of Islam and Muslim kingship in the post-caliphal era. It is especially commendable for its interdisciplinarity. Brack reads deeply across Islamic and Inner Asian history, philosophy, art history, Sufism, and Buddhism.\"--A. Azfar Moin, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Millennial Sovereign: Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Z. Brack\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in the Department of Middle East Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is coeditor of the book \u003ci\u003eAlong the Silk Roads in Mongol Eurasia: Generals, Merchants, and Intellectuals\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 213\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 6 x 9.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 16, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51779017900320,"sku":"9780520392908","price":171.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/44f57c98d488a593b28926bf62bc1783.webp?v=1780510377","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/an-afterlife-for-the-khan-muslims-buddhists-and-sacred-kingship-in-mongol-iran-and-eurasia-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}