Looking for recommendations for books/articles on the Mongol Il-khanate in Persia. About all I have is the Amitai-Preiss book on the Mamluk-Mongol war.
Need not be wholly, or even mainly, about the military - but some military info would be nice 8)
Morgan's Medieval Persia (https://amazon.co.uk/Medieval-Persia-1040-1797-History-Near/dp/0582493242/) is good for a very broad overview.
Probably useful :)
I do note that there is a 2nd edition - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Medieval-Persia-1040-1797-David-Morgan/dp/1138885665/ref=dp_ob_title_bk
I've got the second edition, and agree it's a good overview. The Further Reading section on the Ilkhanate period might be of particular interest for you.
Bought it 8)
Nik wasting his money on a topic no-one has any interest in AGAIN, I see...
Slight thread resurrection here: is Patrick Wing's The Jalayirids: Dynastic State Formation in the Mongol Middle East (https://amazon.co.uk/dp/1474426379/) of any interest?
I added it to my to-read list a little while ago, so if anyone has read it I'd be interested in opinions.
Certainly is of interest - many thanks :)
What did you, BTW, think of the Morgan book?
Useful overview as people suggested.
Quote from: Duncan Head on Jan 21, 2019, 10:16 AM
Slight thread resurrection here: is Patrick Wing's The Jalayirids: Dynastic State Formation in the Mongol Middle East (https://amazon.co.uk/dp/1474426379/) of any interest?
I added it to my to-read list a little while ago, so if anyone has read it I'd be interested in opinions.
Got it and am just reading it. Certainly of interest as I know very little about the area in that period, but not a lot that is directly military (so far).
Got me more interested in the Jalayirids - anyone any suggestions on more about them? Be interested to know what info the DBM (and other) army lists were based on for sure.
The list is mostly taken from Nicolle's Osprey Age of Tamerlane and general histories like Morgan, IIRC.
Has anyone ever seen a Jalayirid army on a wargames table?
IIRC, Morgan had very little to say about them?
Quote from: Duncan Head on Feb 01, 2019, 01:24 PM
The list is mostly taken from Nicolle's Osprey Age of Tamerlane and general histories like Morgan, IIRC.
So probably based on very thin material then.
Must say I am currently rather dubious about the idea in the DBM(M) lists that they relied on ghilman/mamalik due to unreliability of their Mongols.
Resurrecting this thread to ask if anyone has any new sources of information on the I-Khanate? 8)