1. INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. DATES AND ABBREVIATIONS vii
4. FIGURES viii
5. 1. INTRODUCTION 1
6. Part I THE MONGOLS AND THEIR AFTERMATH
7. 2. VIOLENCE AND NON-VIOLENCE IN THE MONGOL CONQUEST OF BAGHDAD (1258) 13
8. 3. THE MONGOLS AS THE SCOURGE OF GOD IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD 32
9. 4. YĀSĀ AND SHARĪ‘A. ISLAMIC ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE MONGOL LAW IN THE TURCO-MONGOLIAN WORLD (FROM THE GOLDEN HORDE TO TIMUR’S TIME) 58
10. 5. UNACCEPTABLE VIOLENCE AS LEGITIMATION IN MONGOL AND TIMURID IRAN 79
11. PART II VIOLENCE IN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT
12. 6. RECONCILING IBN TAYMIYYA’S LEGITIMISATION OF VIOLENCE WITH HIS VISION OF UNIVERSAL SALVATION 105
13. 7. MORAL VIOLENCE IN AḤKĀM AHL AL-DHIMMA BY IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA 117
14. 8. AL-KARAKĪ, JIHĀD, THE STATE AND LEGITIMATE VIOLENCE IN IMĀMĪ JURISPRUDENCE 125
15. PART III VIOLENCE IN PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT
16. 9. LEGITIMATE AND ILLEGITIMATE VIOLENCE IN ARABIC POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: AL-FĀRĀBĪ, IBN RUSHD AND IBN KHALDŪN 147
17. 10. ‘SOFT’ AND ‘HARD’ POWER IN ISLAMIC POLITICAL ADVICE LITERATURE 165
18. PART IV REPRESENTING VIOLENCE
19. 11. OLD IMAGES IN NEW SKINS: FLAYING IN THE IRANIAN VISUAL TRADITION 191
20. 12. WARRANT FOR GENOCIDE? OTTOMAN PROPAGANDA AGAINST THE QIZILBASH 204
21. BIBLIOGRAPHY 215
22. INDEX 235