Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. FIGURES ix
4. NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION, DATING AND REFERENCING x
5. ABBREVIATIONS xiv
6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xxii
7. INTRODUCTION 1
8. CHAPTER 1 SOURCES FOR THE MONGOL AND TIMURID ERAS 21
9. PART I THE MONGOLS
10. CHAPTER 2 THE MONGOL EMPIRE: UNITY, EXPANSION AND DIVISION, c. 1200–1335 53
11. CHAPTER 3 ISLAMISATION 86
12. CHAPTER 4 THE CRISIS OF THE MONGOL WORLD: CHINGGISID RULE ON THE WANE 111
13. CHAPTER 5 THE CRISIS OF THE MONGOL WORLD: ECONOMIC TURBULENCE AND DEMOGRAPHIC DISASTER 139
14. PART II GREATER IRAN AND CENTRAL ASIA BEFORE TIMUR
15. CHAPTER 6 IRAN AND IRAQ AFTER THE ILKHANS 167
16. CHAPTER 7 THE CENTRAL ASIAN MONGOLS: CHAGHATAYS, MUGHŪLS AND QARA’UNAS 198
17. CHAPTER 8 TIMUR’S FOREBEARS AND THE ELITE OF THE CHAGHADAYID REALM 223
18. PART III TĪ-MŪ-R-I LANG
19. CHAPTER 9 THE MAKING OF THE GREAT AMIR AND A NEW RULING CADRE 251
20. CHAPTER 10 THE FORGING OF AN EMPIRE: A CAREER OF CONQUEST 284
21. CHAPTER 11 THE FORGING OF AN EMPIRE: THE FUNCTION AND CONDUCT OF WAR 313
22. CHAPTER 12 THE QARACHU WARLORD AND THE IMPERIAL CHINGGISIDS 337
23. CHAPTER 13 MUSLIM SULTAN AND HOLY WARRIOR: FAITH, PROPAGANDA AND POSTURE 361
24. CHAPTER 14 THE MONGOL EMPIRE RESURRECTED? 388
25. CHAPTER 15 AFTERMATH: TIMUR’S SUCCESSORS 415
26. CONCLUSIONS 444
27. GLOSSARY 454
28. CHRONOLOGY 458
29. GENEALOGICAL TABLES 463
30. ENDNOTES 475
31. BIBLIOGRAPHY 644
32. INDEX 684