Along the Silk Roads in Mongol Eurasia: Generals, Merchants, and Intellectuals (Paperback)

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments 
Notes on Dates and Transliterations

Introduction 
Michal Biran, Jonathan Brack, and Francesca Fiaschetti

Part One. Generals
1. Guo Kan: Military Exchanges between China and the Middle East
Florence Hodous

2. Baiju: The Mongol Conqueror at the Crossfire of Dynastic Struggle
Sara Nur Yıldız

3. Qutulun: The Warrior Princess of Mongol Central Asia
Michal Biran

4. Yang Tingbi: Mongol Expansion along the Maritime Silk Roads
Masaki Mukai and Francesca Fiaschetti


5. Sayf al-D?n Qipchaq al-Mans.?r?: Defection and Ethnicity between Mongols and Mamluks
Amir Mazor

6. Tuqtuqa and His Descendants: Cross-Regional Mobility and Political Intrigue in the Mongol Yuan Army
Vered Shurany

Part Two. Merchants
7. Ja?far Khw?ja: Sayyid, Merchant, Spy, and Military Commander of Chinggis Khan
Yihao Qiu

8. Diplomacy, Black Sea Trade, and the Mission of Baldwin of Hainaut 
John Giebfried

9. Jam?l al-D?n al-T. ?b?: The Iraqi Trader Who Traversed Asia
Matanya Gill

10. Taydula: A Golden Horde Queen and Patron of Christian Merchants
Szilvia Kovács

Part Three. Intellectuals
11. Rash?d al-D?n: Buddhism in Iran and the Mongol Silk Roads 
Jonathan Brack

12. Fu Mengzhi: “The Sage of Cathay” in Mongol Iran and Astral Sciences along the Silk Roads
Yoichi Isahaya

13. ??sa Kelemechi: A Translator Turned Envoy between Asia and Europe
Hodong Kim

14. P?dsh?h Khatun: An Example of Architectural, Religious, and Literary Patronage in Ilkhanid Iran
Bruno De Nicola

15. Islamic Learning on the Silk Roads: The Career of Jal?l al-D?n al-Akhaw?
Or Amir

Glossary 
Chronology
List of Contributors
Index