This article problematizes the use of messianic discourse in the articulation of political sovereignty in the early fifteenth century Timurid context. It argues that the concept of condominium was among the alternatives that the Timurid authorities considered in order to formulate a novel constitutional framework for the Timurid Empire after the death of Timur, and in specific political circumstances especially in Fars, messianic and condominial principles of sovereignty conflated. To further this argument, the article focuses on one particular case, the Timurid historian Muʿīn al-Dīn Naṭanzī, who formulated the concept of condominial sovereignty, in which both Shāhrukh and Iskandar appear as equal sovereign with messianic prerogatives. Naṭanzī’s concept of condominial messianism was connected to Iskandar’s unique formulation of condominial sovereignty through his coinage. This article further argues that too many religio-political concepts are used interchangeably in secondary literature, even though our sources clearly distinguish them in terms of their specific constitutional associations.

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帖木儿帝国的避孕套主权和避孕套弥赛亚主义：史学和钱币学证据

本文对在15世纪初期帖木儿（Timurid）语境中在表达政治主权时对弥赛亚话语的使用提出了质疑。它辩称，共管公寓的概念是帖木儿当局为在帖木儿死后为帖木儿帝国制定新的宪法框架而考虑的替代方案之一，在特定的政治情况下，特别是在法尔斯，弥赛亚式和共管式主权原则混为一谈。为了进一步阐明这一论点，本文重点讨论了帖木儿历史学家穆ʿ·丁·纳南济（Muʿnal-DīnNaṭanzī）的一个特定案例，他提出了主权主权的概念，其中沙鲁克和伊斯坎达都与弥赛亚特权一样，是平等的主权。纳赞济的共管式救世主主义概念通过他的造币与伊斯坎达独特的共管式主权表述联系在一起。本文进一步指出，尽管我们的资料清楚地根据特定的宪法协会对它们进行了区分，但在二手文献中却过多地使用了宗教政治概念。