RT Article
T1 Reflections on the Islamization of Mongol Khans in Comparative Perspective
JF Journal of the economic and social history of the Orient
VO 62
IS 2/3
SP 356
OP 387
A1 Jackson, Peter
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1817452843
AB Abstract This paper compares the process of Islamization in the three westernmost Mongol states: the Chaghadaid Khanate in Central Asia; the Ilkhanate in Iran and Iraq; and the Jochid ulus (the Golden Horde) in the Pontic-Caspian steppes and the Volga region. It explores in greater depth the hallmarks of conversion, the agents of, and the motives for, Islamization and the limitations of its effects on royal policy. In particular, it highlights the tension between Islamic notions and the concept of religious pluralism that was central to the corpus of Mongol law (Yasa) established by Chinggis Khan.
K1 Yasa
K1 Mongols
K1 Islam
K1 Ilkhans
K1 Conversion
K1 Chaghadaids
DO 10.1163/15685209-12341482