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

• Published in: Journal of the economic and social history of the Orient Vol. 59; no. 5; pp. 661 - 694
• Main Author: Morimoto, Kazuo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...