Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Note On Transliteration -- Introduction -- The Sources -- Historiography of Medieval Kastamonu -- The Organisation of this Book -- Notes -- 1 A Territory in Transformation: The Political and Intellectual Context of Anatolia in the 13th Century -- 1.1 Seljuq Anatolia Before the Mongols -- 1.2 Anatolia Under the Mongols -- 1.3 Anatolia, Land of Opportunities: Migrations and the Anatolian Cultural Revolution From the 12th to the 14th Century -- 1.4 Medieval Kastamonu: A Borderland Between Islam and Christianity -- Notes -- 2 A Political History of the Chobanid Dynasty -- 2.1 The Founding Father: Husam Al-Din Choban and the Establishment of Chobanid Rule in North-Western Anatolia -- 2.2 Uncertain Years: North-Western Anatolia and the Mongol Invasion -- 2.3 An Alliance With the Mongols: The Reign of Muzaffar Al-Din Choban, R. 1280-91 -- 2.4 Mahmud Bey and the End of Chobanid Rule in Kastamonu -- Notes -- 3 Literary and Architectural Patronage Under the Chobanids -- 3.1 The Literary Legacy of Chobanid Kastamonu -- 3.1.1 The Fustat Al-.adala Fi Qawa.id Al-Sultana -- 3.1.2 The Works of Husam Al-Din Khu.i -- 3.1.3 Qutb Al-Din Shirazi and the Chobanids of Kastamonu -- 3.1.4 Other Works Connected to the Chobanids of Kastamonu -- 3.2 Architectural Patronage in Chobanid Kastamonu -- 3.2.1 Patronage of Islamic Institutions -- 3.2.2 The Expression of Popular Religion: Religious and Secular Mausoleums (Türbeler) -- Notes -- 4 A Mirror for Princes for the Chobanids: Re-Interpreting the Siyar Al-Muluk -- 4.1 The Siyar Al-Muluk (Siyasatnama) -- 4.2 The Fustat Al-ʻadala and the Siyar Al-Muluk: Comparing Chapters and Structure.

4.3 Tailoring the Siyar Al-Muluk: Added and Omitted Sections in the Fustat Al-ʻadala -- 4.4 The Making of a Mirror for Princes for Chobanid Kastamonu I: Religious References in the Fustat Al-ʻadala -- 4.5 The Making of a Mirror for Princes for Chobanid Kastamonu II: References to 13th-Century Anatolia in the Fustat Al-ʻadala -- Notes -- 5 Islam Under the Chobanids: Between Heresy and the Ulama -- 5.1 Antinomian Sufis in 13th-Century Anatolia: The Fustat Al-ʻadala's View On the Qalandars -- 5.2 On the Origin of the Qalandars: Complementary Views From the Fustat Al-.adala and the Manaqib-I Jamal Al-Din Savi -- 5.3 The Ulama's Reaction: A Hanafi-Shafi.i Dialogue in the Fustat Al-ʻadala -- Notes -- 6 Socio-Political Aspects of North-Western Anatolia in the 13th Century -- 6.1 Inshāʼ (Chancellery) Literature: The Evolution of a Literary Genre -- 6.2 An Administration for the Turkmen: Husam Al-Din Khu.i and His Manuals for Letter-Writing -- 6.2.1 Teaching the Art of Letter-Writing: The Qawaʼid Al-Rasaʼil as a Manual for Scribes -- 6.2.2 Theory Into Practice: Building a Chancellery in Medieval Kastamonu -- 6.3 Personal Letters: A Unique View On the Socio-Cultural History of 13th-Century Northern Anatolia -- Notes -- 7 Epilogue: A 'proto-Beylik' in 13th-Century Kastamonu -- Notes -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.