Sayyid Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd: An Iraqi Shiʿi Genealogist at the Court of Özbek Khan

This article demonstrates that Sayyid Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd, a close associate of Özbek Khan of the Golden Horde, was an expert in sayyid genealogy hailing from Najaf or Kufa and a member of a Twelver Shiʿi network that connected him to the sect's centers in Iraq. It then discusses the implications...

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Published inJournal of the economic and social history of the Orient Vol. 59; no. 5; pp. 661 - 694
Main Author Morimoto, Kazuo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published The Netherlands Brill 01.01.2016
Brill Academic Publishers, Inc
Subjects
Ambiguity
Descendants
Empires
Genealogy
Islam
Monarchy
Religious conversion
Royalty
Sectarianism
Sons
Steppes
Sufism
Travelogues
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Summary:This article demonstrates that Sayyid Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd, a close associate of Özbek Khan of the Golden Horde, was an expert in sayyid genealogy hailing from Najaf or Kufa and a member of a Twelver Shiʿi network that connected him to the sect's centers in Iraq. It then discusses the implications of this finding for our understanding of the religious environment surrounding Özbek and of the activities of the Twelver Shiʿi community under Mongol rule, as well as for DeWeese's proposal to link the historical Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd with the famous hagiographical figure Sayyid Ata, the purported converter of Özbek.
ISSN:0022-4995
1568-5209
0022-4995
DOI:10.1163/15685209-12341411