The Mongols and the Armenians (1220 - 1335) / by Bayarsaikhan Dashdondog. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011
Content
The Mongols and the Armenians (1220-1335)
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Acronyms
Note on Transliterations
Note on Translations
Note on Bibliography
List of Maps
Introduction
Chapter One A Brief Historical Background of the Armenians and Mongols
Chapter Two Mongol Noyans in Greater Armenia (1220–1245) 43 The first Mongols in the lands of the Armenians
The advance of Chormaghan on Greater Armenia (1222–1242)
The Mongol noyans in the land of the Armenians
The final Mongol conquest of Armenia by Baiju and its impact on the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (1242–1245)
Factors that impacted the Mongol conquest of Armenia
Chapter Three Strategic Submissions by the Armenians
Individual submissions and contacts of Greater Armenian princes with the Mongol Khans and Il-Khans
State submission and its development: The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Conflicts of local interests in Greater Armenia in the 1240s–1270s
Other factors influencing Mongol-Armenian relations
Chapter Four Mongol Administration in Greater Armenia (1243–1275)
Chapter Five Mongol-Armenian Military Cooperation: Stage I: The Conquest of the Middle East (1258–1260)
Hűlegű (r. 1256–1265) and the Greater Armenian forces against the Muslim supremacies
The Mongol penetration into Upper Mesopotamia
The implementation of a Cilician Armenian dream
Chapter Six The Il-Khans’ Wars and Mongol-Cilician Armenian Collaboration: Stage II (1260–1265)
Joint ventures of Hűlegű and Het‘um I in Syria
The participation of the Armenians in the Il-Khanid war against the Golden Horde
Chapter Seven Mongol-Armenian Cooperation: Stage III (1265–1295)
The strongest pairing of Abaqa and Het‘um I against Baybars
Greater Armenia and the struggle with the Golden Horde
Lewon III and Abaqa against Baybars
The Mongols’ appeal to Latin Christendom
Mongol-Armenian relations in the time of Tegűder Ahmad (r. 1282–1284)
The second pairing of Arghun and King Lewon III against Sultan Qalāwūn
The weakest link: Het‘um II and the Mongol Il-Khans: Geikhatu (r. 1291–1295) and Baidu (1295)
Chapter Eight The End of Mongol-Armenian Relations (1295–1335)
The last chance to save the alliance: Het‘um II and the Il-Khan Ghazan (r. 1295–1304)
The vanquished Armenian hope: Őljeitű (r. 1304–1316) and his Armenian counterparts
The aftermath of cooperation: Lewon V (r. 1320–1341/1342) and Abū Sa'īd (r. 1316–1335)
Conclusion
Dynastic Tables
Glossary
Bibliography
Index