Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction. From Baghdad to Marāgha, Tabriz, and Beyond: Tabriz and the Multi-Cephalous Cultural, Religious, and Intellectual Landscape of the 13th to 15th Century Nile-to-Oxus Region -- Part One Intellectuals, Bureaucrats and Politics -- Hülegü and His Wise Men: Topos or Reality? -- 'Alā' al-Dawla Simnānī's Religious Encounters at the Mongol Court near Tabriz -- "Tabrizis in Shiraz are Worth Less Than a Dog:" Sa'dī and Humām, a Lyrical Encounter -- Confessional Ambiguity vs. Confessional Polarization: Politics and the Negotiation of Religious Boundaries in the Ilkhanate -- Part Two The Transmission of Knowledge -- In Pursuit of Memoria and Salvation: Rashīd al-Dīn and His Rab'-i Rashīdī -- Rashīd al-Dīn Fadl Allāh al-Hamadhānī's Manuscript Production Project in Tabriz Reconsidered -- What Was the Purpose of Astronomy in Ījī's Kitāb al-Mawāqif fī 'ilm al-kalām? -- New Light on Shams: The Islamic Side of Σὰμψ Πουχάρης -- Part Three Tabriz and Interregional Networks -- Civitas Thauris. The Significance of Tabriz in the Spatial Frameworks of Christian Merchants and Ecclesiastics in the 13th and 14th Centuries -- "Rich in Goods and Abounding in Wealth:" The Ilkhanid and Post-Ilkhanid Ruling Elite and the Politics of Commercial Life at Tabriz, 1250-1400 -- Tabriz: International Entrepôt under the Mongols -- Tabrizi Woodcarvings in Timurid Iran -- Imperial Aqquyunlu Construction of Religious Establishments in the Late Fifteenth Century Tabriz -- Index.