Women in Mongol Iran

Bruno De Nicola (BA Barcelona, MA SOAS, PhD Cantab) is Research Associate at the Institute of Iranian Studies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Since 2020 he is the PI of the START Project NoMansLand (FWF Y-1232). His main research deals with the cultural history of pre-modern Iran and Central Asia with special reference to the Mongol Empire and Manuscript Studies.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgements A Note on Transliteration Maps Introduction: The study of women in the Mongol Empire 1. Women and Politics from the Steppes to World Empire 2. Regents and Empresses: Women’s Rule in the Mongols’ World Empire 3. Political Involvement and Women’s Rule in the Ilkhanate 4. Women and the Economy of the Mongol Empire 5. Mongol Women’s Encounters with Eurasian Religions 6. Concluding Remarks Glossary List of Abbreviations Bibliography Index

De Nicola’s book gives an accessible introduction to the history of Mongol khātūns, and creates a starting point for further study on women in the Mongol empire.