The Chobanids of Kastamonu

This book provides a novel approach to the history of medieval Anatolia by analysing political, religious and cultural developments in the region of Kastamonu during the reign of the Chobanid dynasty (c. 1211-1309).

Bruno De Nicola is Research Associate at the Institute of Iranian Studies in the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Vienna). His main areas of research are the cultural history of medieval and early modern Eurasia, the Mongol Empire and the study of Islamic manuscripts.

Introduction 1. A Territory in Transformation: The Political and Intellectual Context of Anatolia in the 13th Century 2. A Political History of the Chobanid Dynasty 3. Literary and Architectural Patronage under the Chobanids 4. A Mirror for Princes for the Chobanids: Re-Interpreting the Siyar al-muluk 5. Islam under the Chobanids: Between Heresy and the Ulama 6. Socio-Political Aspects of North-Western Anatolia in the 13th Century 7. Epilogue: A 'Proto-Beylik' in 13th-Century Kastamonu