Power, Politics, and Tradition in the Mongol Empire and the Īlkhānate of Iran

Traces the transmission of power within the Mongol Empire after the death of Chinggis Khan in 1227, exploring how the military aristocracy and the central government differed in their views of what constituted legitimate political authority, and the impact this had on the Īlkhānate, the Middle Eastern successor state of the Mongol Empire.