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rebuilding anatolia after the mongol conquest
This book is a study of Islamic architecture in Anatolia following the Mongol conquest in 1243.
Complex shifts in rule, movements of population, and cultural transformations took place that
affected architecture on multiple levels. Beginning with the Mongol conquest of Anatolia, and
ending with the demise of the Ilkhanid Empire, centred in Iran, in the 1330s, this book considers
how the integration of Anatolia into the Mongol world system transformed architecture and
patronage in the region. Traditionally, this period has been studied within the larger narrative of
a progression from Seljuk to Ottoman rule and architecture, in a historiography that privileges
Turkish national identity. Once Anatolia is studied within the framework of the Mongol Empire,
however, the region no longer appears as an isolated case; rather it is integrated into a broader
context beyond the modern borders of Turkey, Iran, and the Caucasus republics.
The monuments built during this period served a number of purposes: mosques were places
of prayer and congregation, madrasas were used to teach Islamic law and theology, and
caravanserais secured trade routes for merchants and travelers. This study analyzes architecture
on multiple, overlapping levels, based on a detailed observation of the monuments. The layers of
information extracted from the monuments themselves, from written sources in Arabic, Persian,
and Turkish, and from historical photographs, shape an image of Islamic architecture in medieval
Anatolia that reflects the complexities of this frontier region. New patrons emerged, craftsmen
migrated between neighboring regions, and the use of locally available materials fostered the
transformation of designs in ways that are closely tied to specific places. Starting from these
sources, this book untangles the intertwined narratives of architecture, history, and religion to
provide a broader understanding of frontier culture in the medieval Middle East, with its complex
interaction of local, regional, and trans-regional identities.
Patricia Blessing is a staff member at the Stanford Humanities Center
and Lecturer, Department of Art and Art History, Stanford University, USA.
Publication is made possible in part by a grant from the Barr Ferree Foundation Fund,
Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University.
Publication is supported in part by a grant from the International Center
of Medieval Art and the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
Rebuilding Anatolia after
the Mongol Conquest
Islamic Architecture in the Lands of Rūm, 1240–1330
Patricia Blessing
Stanford University, USA
ROUTLEDGE
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First published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing
Published 2016 by
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© Patricia Blessing 2014
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or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means,
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Notice:
Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks,
and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to
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Patricia Blessing has asserted her right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be
identified as the author of this work.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Blessing, Patricia.
Rebuilding Anatolia after the Mongol conquest : Islamic architecture in the lands of Rūm, 1240-1330
/ by Patricia Blessing.
pages cm -- (Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman studies ; 17)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4724-2406-8 (hardcover) 1. Islamic architecture--Turkey. 2. Mongols--Turkey--History. 3.
Turkey--History--To 1453. I. Title.
NA1363.B49 2014
720.9561'09022--dc23
2014009721
ISBN 9781472424068 (hbk)

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