Mongols and the Islamic world, The
Book Description
This comprehensive historical exploration reveals how one of history's most dramatic spiritual transformations unfolded across centuries of conquest and cultural exchange. Peter Jackson examines the remarkable journey of Islam through the Mongol invasions that began in the early thirteenth century, when Genghis Khan's forces swept across Central Asia and devastated much of Iran.
Rather than focusing solely on the well-known campaigns of destruction, this study illuminates a profound spiritual paradox: how Islam not only endured under non-Muslim Mongol rule but actually expanded throughout their vast empire. Drawing from extensive primary sources and modern scholarship, Jackson traces this extraordinary process across the territories that encompass present-day Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan, Central Asia, and parts of eastern Europe.
The work delves deeply into the cultural transformations that occurred within the incorporated Islamic lands, exploring how Muslim communities navigated life under foreign sovereignty while maintaining their spiritual identity. Perhaps most fascinating is the examination of how the conquerors themselves eventually embraced the very faith they had initially sought to suppress.
For readers interested in understanding how spiritual traditions adapt, survive, and even flourish under the most challenging circumstances, this scholarly yet accessible work offers profound insights into the resilience of faith and the unexpected pathways through which spiritual wisdom spreads across cultures and civilizations.
Who Is This For?
📖 Reading Level: Long (> 400 pages) (~17 hours)
📄 Length: 614 pages
What You'll Discover
- ✓ Explore Mongolen
- ✓ Explore RELIGION
- ✓ Explore Medieval
- ✓ Explore Islam
- ✓ Explore RELIGION / Islam / History
- ✓ Explore Mongols
- ✓ Explore Mongolensturm
- ✓ Explore Eroberung
