The Role of the Turkish Sufis in the Islamization of the Ilkhans: The Ilkhan Teguder And Ghazan Khan Periods

Uyar M.

BELLETEN, cilt.76, sa.275, ss.7-32, 2012 (AHCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 76 Sayı: 275
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Dergi Adı: BELLETEN
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.7-32
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Mongol, Ilkhan, Islam, Sufism, Iran
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The Islamization of the Ilkhans and the Ilkhanid aristocracy is a multi-faceted and complex process that cannot be fully explained in a single article. The importance of the Turkish popular religious figures in the conversion of the Ilkhans to Islam is known and frequently emphasized; however, a comprehensive study on the subject is still yet to be made. This article tries to draw a general picture of the subject, undertaking the Turkish sufi sheiks who clearly had an important role in the Ilkhan's acceptance of Islam as well as the historical perspective of the matter.