Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Part One: History of Shiraz from its Founding to the Conquest of Timur -- 1. History of Shiraz to the Mongol Conquest -- 2. Things Fall Apart: Shiraz under the Mongolsand Their Successors -- 3. Shiraz as City-State: Abu Eshaq Inju and the Mozaffarids -- Part Two: City of Roses and Nightingales -- 4. Peoples and Places -- 5. The City Administration -- 6. Shirazi Society: Patricians, Poets, and Scholars -- 7. A Very Special Place -- Appendix: The First Families of Shiraz -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.