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An afterlife for the khan: Muslims, Buddhists, and sacred kingship in Mongol Iran and Eurasia

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0520392906 (hardcover)
ISBN	9780520392908 (hardcover)
Author	Brack, Jonathan 1981-
Title	An afterlife for the khan : Muslims, Buddhists, and sacred kingship in Mongol Iran and Eurasia / Jonathan Z. Brack
Publisher	Oakland, CA : University of California Press, 2023
Physical desc.	xiii, 196 pages ; illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Series	Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-190) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Indian prophet or father of Arabian paganism? the Buddha and the Buddhists in the History of India -- Perfect souls, imperfect bodies: refuting reincarnation at the Mongol court -- Converting fortune: from Buddhist Cakravartins to lords of auspicious conjunction -- King of Kalam: Öljeitü's theological domestication -- From ancestor worship to shrine-centered kingship: Ilkhanid confessional politics and the debate over shrine visitation -- Epilogue: kingship and the court debate after the Mongols.
Person as subject	Ilkhanid dynasty
	Rashīd al-Dīn Ṭabīb -- 1247?-1318
	Genghis Khan -- 1162-1227 -- Influence
Subject	Mongols -- Iran -- History -- To 1500
	Mongols -- Eurasia -- History -- To 1500
	Islam -- Middle East
	Buddhists -- Middle East
	Iran -- History -- 1256-1500

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