TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Preface...........        vii

BOOK I

THE MONGOL IL-KHANS OF PERSIA, FROM THE DEATH
OF HT^LAGU TO THE EXTINCTION OF THE DYNASTY
(A.H. 663-737 =A.D. 1265-I337)

CHAP.

I.      The Mongol Il-khans of Persia (a.d. 1265-1337) .        .           3

II.     The Historians of the Il-khani Period   ....          62

III.    The Poets and Mystics of the il-khani Period       .        .        105

BOOK II

FROM THE BIRTH TO THE DEATH OF TIMUR-I-LANG,
COMMONLY CALLED TAMERLANE (A.H. 736-807 =
A.D.   1335-I405)

IV.    The Period of Timiir.......        159

V.     The Poets and Writers of the Time of Timur        .        .        207

BOOK III

FROM THE DEATH OF TIMUR TO THE RISE OF THE
SAFAWf DYNASTY (A.H. 807-907= A.D. I405-1502)

VI.    History of the Later Timurid Period     ....        379
VII.   Prose Writers of the Later Timurid Period   .        .        .421

VIII. Poets of the Later Timurid Period.        .        .       .        .       461

Index       ......                ...                549