{"product_id":"an-afterlife-for-the-khan-jonathan-z-brack-9780520392908","title":"An Afterlife for the Khan: Muslims, Buddhists, and Sacred Kingship in Mongol Iran and Eurasia","description":"In the Mongol Empire, the interfaith court provided a contested arena for a performance of the Mongol ruler's sacred kingship, and the debate was fiercely ideological and religious. At the court of the newly established Ilkhanate, Muslim administrators, Buddhist monks, and Christian clergy all attempted to sway their imperial overlords, arguing fiercely over the proper role of the king and his government, with momentous and far-reaching consequences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Focusing on the famous but understudied figure of the grand vizier Rashid al-Din, a Persian Jew who converted to Islam, Jonathan Z. Brack explores the myriad ways Rashid al-Din and his fellow courtiers investigated, reformulated, and transformed long-standing ideas of authority and power. Out of this intellectual ferment of accommodation, resistance, and experimentation, they developed a completely new understanding of sacred kingship. This new ideal, and the political theology it subtends, would go on to become a central justification in imperial projects across Eurasia in the centuries that followed. \u003ci\u003eAn Afterlife for the Khan\u003c\/i\u003e offers a powerful cultural and intellectual history of this pivotal moment for Islam and empire in the Middle East and Asia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Z. Brack\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520392906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520392908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Jonathan Z. Brack","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44079166652671,"sku":"9780520392908","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_43c8f283-280f-422a-bc4d-4bdbb724d1c4.jpg?v=1685479679","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-afterlife-for-the-khan-jonathan-z-brack-9780520392908","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}