Contents; List of Contributors; List of Illustrations; Introduction. From Baghdad to Marāgha, Tabriz, and Beyond: Tabriz and the Multi-Cephalous Cultural, Religious, and Intellectual Landscape of the 13th to 15th Century Nile-to-Oxus Region; Part One Intellectuals, Bureaucrats and Politics; Hülegü and His Wise Men: Topos or Reality?; 'Alā' al-Dawla Simnānī's Religious Encounters at the Mongol Court near Tabriz; "Tabrizis in Shiraz are Worth Less Than a Dog:" Sa'dī and Humām, a Lyrical Encounter Confessional Ambiguity vs. Confessional Polarization: Politics and the Negotiation of Religious Boundaries in the IlkhanatePart Two The Transmission of Knowledge; In Pursuit of Memoria and Salvation: Rashīd al-Dīn and His Rab'-i Rashīdī; Rashīd al-Dīn Fadl Allāh al-Hamadhānī's Manuscript Production Project in Tabriz Reconsidered; What Was the Purpose of Astronomy in Ījī's Kitāb al-Mawāqif fī 'ilm al-kalām?; New Light on Shams: The Islamic Side of ὰ ά; Part Three Tabriz and Interregional Networks Civitas Thauris. The Significance of Tabriz in the Spatial Frameworks of Christian Merchants and Ecclesiastics in the 13th and 14th Centuries"Rich in Goods and Abounding in Wealth:" The Ilkhanid and Post-Ilkhanid Ruling Elite and the Politics of Commercial Life at Tabriz, 1250-1400; Tabriz: International Entrepôt under the Mongols; Tabrizi Woodcarvings in Timurid Iran; Imperial Aqquyunlu Construction of Religious Establishments in the Late Fifteenth Century Tabriz; Index | 
