David Durand-Guédy, Ph.D. (2004), is a historian specializing in pre-Mongol Iran. He has published Iranian Elites and Turkish Rulers: A History of Iṣfahān in the Saljūq Period (Routledge, 2010), and many articles on the relationship of Turko-Mongol rulers to city-life.Roy Parviz Mottahedeh, Ph.D. (1970) is the Gurney Research Professor of History at Harvard University. He has written extensively on the history of the Middle East, including Loyalty and Leadership in an Early Islamic Society (Princeton University Press, 1980), The Mantle of the Prophet (Pantheon Books, 1985; Oneworld, 2002, 2008), and Lessons in Islamic Jurisprudence (Oneworld, 2005).Jürgen Paul, Ph.D. (1989), Universität Hamburg, is Professor Emeritus of Islamic Studies. He has published widely on the pre-Mongol history of Iran and Central Asia.

• PrefaceDavid Durand-Guédy, Roy P. Mottahedeh and Jürgen PaulCities in Medieval Iran: a Review of Recent PublicationsJürgen PaulJean Aubin’s Article “Elements for the Study of Urban Agglomerations in Medieval Iran” in ContextTranslation and Introduction by Jürgen PaulIranian Cities: Settlements and Water Management from Antiquity to the Islamic PeriodRocco Rante“From Shahristān to Medina” RevisitedDonald WhitcombWhy Nishapur?Richard W. BullietInherited Landscapes in Muslim BactraEtienne de la VaissièreAmong Saints and Poets: The Spiritual Topography of Medieval ShirazDenise AigleThe Fortified Landscape of IsfahanAli Shojaee EsfahaniYazd: a “Good and Noble City” and an “Abode of Worship”Jamsheed K. ChoksyIsfahan during the Turko-Mongol Period (11th-15th Centuries)David Durand-GuédyBalkh, from the Seljuqs to the Mongol InvasionJürgen PaulLocal Elites and Dynastic Succession: Tabriz prior to, under and following Mongol Rule (Sixth/Twelfth to Ninth/Fifteenth Centuries)Daniel ZakrzewskiMedieval Kashan: Crossroads of Commerce and CultureMehrdad Amanat and Roy P. MottahedehThe History of Iranian Cities through their Books: What Ms. Köprülü 01589 Tells Us about 8th/14th Century ShirazSarah Bowen Savant and Majid Montazer MahdiMedieval Lexicography on Arabic and Persian Terms for City and CountrysideRoy P. MottahedehIndex of Persons and GroupsIndex of Places