ABSTRACT

The disintegration of the Ilkhanate following the death of its last effective ruler, Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan (d. 736/1335), precipitated the emergence of a number of regional dynasties, not least of all the Chubanids who claimed the former Mongolian core territories of Azerbaijan and Mughan in north-western Iran. Between 738/1337 and 758/1357, the Chubanids worked strenuously to reconstitute the Ilkhanid dispensation under their control. This period, which has so far been largely ignored by historians, may therefore offer a great deal of information about the balance of power, both in the late Ilkhan court and the warring states period that prefaced the Timurid dominion of the fifteenth century. The present study will begin the process of demystifying this still largely unexplored chapter of Iran's political history by outlining how the Chubanids supported their claim to power through a coalition of “Turks and Tajiks” drawn from the sedentary and nomadic population of the former Ilkhanate. It will argue that this coalition was wooed to the Chubanids by an eclectic mix of Chinggisid, Islamic, and Persian political symbolism, which speaks to the dynamic imperial culture of the late Ilkhanate.

摘要

伊儿汗国最后一位有效统治者阿布·赛义德·巴哈杜尔汗（Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan，卒于 736/1335 年）去世后，该国解体，促使许多地区王朝的出现，尤其是声称拥有前蒙古核心地位的楚班人王朝。阿塞拜疆和伊朗西北部的穆甘领土。738/1337 至 758/1357 年间，楚班人竭尽全力重建他们控制下的伊尔汗王朝。迄今为止，这一时期在很大程度上被历史学家所忽视，但它可能提供了大量有关伊尔汗宫廷晚期和十五世纪帖木儿统治之前的战国时期的权力平衡的信息。本研究将通过概述楚班人如何通过由前伊尔汗国的定居和游牧人口组成的“土耳其人和塔吉克人”联盟来支持他们的权力主张，从而开始揭开伊朗政治历史上这一尚未被探索的篇章的神秘面纱。本书认为，这个联盟是通过成吉思汗、伊斯兰和波斯政治象征主义的折衷混合而吸引楚班人的，这说明了伊尔汗国晚期充满活力的帝国文化。