George Lane
Biographic Data
| ID | 3662339 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George Lane |
| GIVEN NAMES | George |
| FAMILY NAME | Lane |
| SIGNATURE | LANE G |
| AFFILIATIONS | SOAS University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A History of Herat
Journal Article A History of Herat: From Chingiz Khan to Tamerlane By Shivan Mahendrarajah Get access A History of Herat: From Chingiz Khan to TamerlaneBy Shivan Mahendrarajah (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2022. Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture), 382 pp. Price HB £90.00. EAN 978–1474499347. George Lane George Lane SOAS, University of London E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford…
The Mongol World
Drawing upon research carried out in several different languages and across a variety of disciplines, The Mongol World documents how Mongol rule shaped the trajectory of Eurasian history from Central Europe to the Korean Peninsula, from the thirteenth century to the fifteenth century. With 58 chapters written by both senior and early-career scholars, the volume is an essential resource for all students and scholars who study the Mongol Empire fro…
Islam, Literature and Society in Mongol Anatolia By A. C. S. Peacock
Andrew Peacock can always be relied upon to impassion and embolden not only his readers and students but the wider field of study in which he carries weight and influence. His 2010 book on the early Seljuqs transformed attitudes towards the Turks and their impact on the region through his careful reading of the early sources. In this book his scrutiny of a host of manuscripts, some previously unknown, many hitherto unused and most clearly under-u…
Along the Silk Roads in Mongol Eurasia
This is an extremely welcome collection of short biographies of important figures active within the Chinggisid Empire. Though on a less ambitious scale than the seminal In the Service of the Khan: Eminent Personalities of the Early Mongol-Yuan Period (1200–1300) (eds. Igor de Rachewiltz and May Wang; Wiesbaden: Harassowitz, 1993), it provides an extremely useful reference for both important and obscure figures who have appeared in the primary sou…
Women in Mongol Iran
Women in Mongol Iran: The Khātūns, 1206–1335, by Bruno de Nicola Women in Mongol Iran: The Khātūns, 1206–1335, by Bruno de Nicola (Edinburgh: Edinburgh U.P., 2017; pp. 288. Pb. £24.99). George Lane George Lane SOAS, London [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 135, Issue 573, April 2020, Pages 459–461, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ceaa051 Published: 30 May 2020
The Phoenix Mosque and the Persians of Medieval Hangzhou
Power, Politics, and Tradition in the Mongol Empire and the Īlkhānate of Iran, by Michael Hope
This is a long overdue, and most welcome, detailed study of the Ilkhanate. At a superficial level, it provides a complete picture of the unfolding political narrative of Iran’s Chinggisid government from Hulegu’s arrival in the early 1250s to the demise of Abu Sa’id in 1335. However, it also traces the problem of authority in the Chinggisid state from the rise of Chinggis Khan through to the battles for supremacy between the Ilkhans and their Mon…
A Short History of The Mongols
The Mongol Empire was the mightiest land empire the world has ever seen. At its height it was twice the size of its Roman equivalent. For a remarkable century and a half it commanded a population of 100 million people, while the rule of Chinggis (Genghis) Khan marched undefeated from the Pacific Ocean to the Caspian Sea. George Lane argues that the Mongols were not only subjugators who swept all before them but one of the great organising forces …
The Mongols in Iran
The polymath, Qutb al-Dīn Shīrāzī, operated at the heart of the Ilkhanate state (1258–1335) from its inception under Hulegu. He worked alongside the scientist and political adviser, Nasir al-Dīn Ṭūsī, who had the ear of the Ilkhans and all their chief ministers. The Mongols in Iran provides an annotated, paraphrased translation of a thirteenth-century historical chronicle penned, though not necessarily authored, by Quṭb al-Dīn Shīrāzī. This chron…
Intellectual jousting and the Chinggisid Wisdom Bazaars
In recent years the image of the Mongols has undergone a steady change. This shift reflects a growing interest in the development of the Chinggisid Empire and its assimilation of the peoples and cultures that it absorbed and conversely the absorption, not always voluntarily, of things Mongol by the sedentary cultures which acted as the Mongols’ hosts. It was not only military technology, cuisine, medicine, art, and the practicalities and instrume…
Mediaeval Muslim Historians and the Franks in the Levant. By Alex Mallet. pp, x, 209. Leiden, Brill, 2014.
Chingiz Khān
The erection in Marble Arch recently of a statue commemorating the memory of the world conqueror, Chingiz Khān, has, once again, drawn attention to this controversial figure. Dashi Namdakov’s epic work, on loan to the city, has introduced both the sculptor and the emperor to Londoners in a particularly dramatic fashion. For centuries Chingiz Khān has been a symbol of barbaric mayhem and murderous plunder, and the unifier of the Turco-Mongol Euras…
Nomads As Agents of Cultural Change
The Mongols in Iran
The initial quarter of the thirteenth century witnessed a proliferation of Mongol influence over Iran, followed by a drastic martial rule. However, beginning as a violent military conquest, the incursion unfurled into an era of cultural and economic florescence. Defined variedly as “bolt from the blue,” “storm from the east,” the Mongol blitzkrieg etched a permanent fear in the collective psyche of the region and commanded substantial awe among t…
Alexander (Sandy) Morton, 1942–2011
If the measure of the man is reflected in the circle of his friends then Sandy Morton is impressively out-size. The turn-out for his memorial service was large and varied and the prevailing mood was warm and pleasingly nostalgic. Sandy would very definitely have enjoyed it. The choice of St George's Church, Bloomsbury was appropriate and fitting as was the relaxed reception later in the British Museum's Islamic Gallery. Sandy's presence could be …
Mongol News
The recent unearthing of this thirteenth century collection of notes pertaining to the political history of the early Ilkhanate has thrown some light on events and attitudes of that time. Though the manuscript was actually penned by Quṭb al-Dīn Shīrāzī of the Rasadkhana in Maragha, it is not certain that he was the author of the work. Rather than comprising one continuous narrative of events, the manuscript is a collection of notes and observatio…
The Mongols and the West, 1221-1410
Journal Article The Mongols and the West, 1221–1410 Get access The Mongols and the West, 1221–1410. By PETER JACKSON (Longman: Harlow, 2005; pp. xxxiv + 414. Pb. £16.99). GE Lane GE Lane School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXXII, Issue 495, February 2007, Pages 163–165, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/cel386 Publishe…
Daily Life in the Mongol Empire
The Mongol Empire comes to life in this vivid account of the lives of ordinary people who lived under the rule of Ghengis Khan. The book allows the reader to enjoy traditional Mongol folktales and experience life in a yurt, the tent in which the nomadic Mongols lived. It explains why the Mongols had a reputation for being savage barbarians by describing their fur-lined clothes and their heavy, meat- and alcohol-based diet. It supplies first-hand …
Early Mongol Rule in Thirteenth-Century Iran
An account of the re-emergence of Persia as a world player and the reassertion of its cultural, political and spiritual links with Turkic Lands, this book opposes the way in which, for too long, the whole period of Mongol domination of Iran has been viewed from a negative standpoint. Though arguably the initial irruption of the Mongols brought little comfort to those in its path, this is not the case with the second 'invasion' of the Chinggisids.…
Arghun Aqa
The question of who ran the Mongol Empire has long challenged historians, and various theories have emerged and retreated in answer to this problem. As far as the question of who ran the Persian part of the empire the answer has been made more elusive by the nature of the sources. Though excellent primary source material for this period abounds, for the most part it is written by the bureaucrats of the Il-Khanate themselves, most of whom were Per…
Social Revolution in the New Latin America. A Catholic Appraisal
Early Mongol Rule in Thirteenth-Century Iran
An account of the re-emergence of Persia as a world player and the reassertion of its cultural, political and spiritual links with Turkic Lands, this book opposes the way in which, for too long, the whole period of Mongol domination of Iran has been viewed from a negative standpoint. Though arguably the initial irruption of the Mongols brought little comfort to those in its path, this is not the case with the second 'invasion' of the Chinggisids.…
Arghun Aqa
The question of who ran the Mongol Empire has long challenged historians, and various theories have emerged and retreated in answer to this problem. As far as the question of who ran the Persian part of the empire the answer has been made more elusive by the nature of the sources. Though excellent primary source material for this period abounds, for the most part it is written by the bureaucrats of the Il-Khanate themselves, most of whom were Per…
Daily Life in the Mongol Empire
The Mongol Empire comes to life in this vivid account of the lives of ordinary people who lived under the rule of Ghengis Khan. The book allows the reader to enjoy traditional Mongol folktales and experience life in a yurt, the tent in which the nomadic Mongols lived. It explains why the Mongols had a reputation for being savage barbarians by describing their fur-lined clothes and their heavy, meat- and alcohol-based diet. It supplies first-hand …
The Mongol World
Drawing upon research carried out in several different languages and across a variety of disciplines, The Mongol World documents how Mongol rule shaped the trajectory of Eurasian history from Central Europe to the Korean Peninsula, from the thirteenth century to the fifteenth century. With 58 chapters written by both senior and early-career scholars, the volume is an essential resource for all students and scholars who study the Mongol Empire fro…
The Mongols in Iran
The polymath, Qutb al-Dīn Shīrāzī, operated at the heart of the Ilkhanate state (1258–1335) from its inception under Hulegu. He worked alongside the scientist and political adviser, Nasir al-Dīn Ṭūsī, who had the ear of the Ilkhans and all their chief ministers. The Mongols in Iran provides an annotated, paraphrased translation of a thirteenth-century historical chronicle penned, though not necessarily authored, by Quṭb al-Dīn Shīrāzī. This chron…
Intellectual jousting and the Chinggisid Wisdom Bazaars
In recent years the image of the Mongols has undergone a steady change. This shift reflects a growing interest in the development of the Chinggisid Empire and its assimilation of the peoples and cultures that it absorbed and conversely the absorption, not always voluntarily, of things Mongol by the sedentary cultures which acted as the Mongols’ hosts. It was not only military technology, cuisine, medicine, art, and the practicalities and instrume…
Social Revolution in the New Latin America. A Catholic Appraisal
Arghun Aqa
The question of who ran the Mongol Empire has long challenged historians, and various theories have emerged and retreated in answer to this problem. As far as the question of who ran the Persian part of the empire the answer has been made more elusive by the nature of the sources. Though excellent primary source material for this period abounds, for the most part it is written by the bureaucrats of the Il-Khanate themselves, most of whom were Per…
Early Mongol Rule in Thirteenth-Century Iran
An account of the re-emergence of Persia as a world player and the reassertion of its cultural, political and spiritual links with Turkic Lands, this book opposes the way in which, for too long, the whole period of Mongol domination of Iran has been viewed from a negative standpoint. Though arguably the initial irruption of the Mongols brought little comfort to those in its path, this is not the case with the second 'invasion' of the Chinggisids.…
Daily Life in the Mongol Empire
The Mongol Empire comes to life in this vivid account of the lives of ordinary people who lived under the rule of Ghengis Khan. The book allows the reader to enjoy traditional Mongol folktales and experience life in a yurt, the tent in which the nomadic Mongols lived. It explains why the Mongols had a reputation for being savage barbarians by describing their fur-lined clothes and their heavy, meat- and alcohol-based diet. It supplies first-hand …
The Mongols and the West, 1221-1410
Journal Article The Mongols and the West, 1221–1410 Get access The Mongols and the West, 1221–1410. By PETER JACKSON (Longman: Harlow, 2005; pp. xxxiv + 414. Pb. £16.99). GE Lane GE Lane School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXXII, Issue 495, February 2007, Pages 163–165, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/cel386 Publishe…
The Mongols in Iran
The initial quarter of the thirteenth century witnessed a proliferation of Mongol influence over Iran, followed by a drastic martial rule. However, beginning as a violent military conquest, the incursion unfurled into an era of cultural and economic florescence. Defined variedly as “bolt from the blue,” “storm from the east,” the Mongol blitzkrieg etched a permanent fear in the collective psyche of the region and commanded substantial awe among t…
Alexander (Sandy) Morton, 1942–2011
If the measure of the man is reflected in the circle of his friends then Sandy Morton is impressively out-size. The turn-out for his memorial service was large and varied and the prevailing mood was warm and pleasingly nostalgic. Sandy would very definitely have enjoyed it. The choice of St George's Church, Bloomsbury was appropriate and fitting as was the relaxed reception later in the British Museum's Islamic Gallery. Sandy's presence could be …
Mongol News
The recent unearthing of this thirteenth century collection of notes pertaining to the political history of the early Ilkhanate has thrown some light on events and attitudes of that time. Though the manuscript was actually penned by Quṭb al-Dīn Shīrāzī of the Rasadkhana in Maragha, it is not certain that he was the author of the work. Rather than comprising one continuous narrative of events, the manuscript is a collection of notes and observatio…
Chingiz Khān
The erection in Marble Arch recently of a statue commemorating the memory of the world conqueror, Chingiz Khān, has, once again, drawn attention to this controversial figure. Dashi Namdakov’s epic work, on loan to the city, has introduced both the sculptor and the emperor to Londoners in a particularly dramatic fashion. For centuries Chingiz Khān has been a symbol of barbaric mayhem and murderous plunder, and the unifier of the Turco-Mongol Euras…
Nomads As Agents of Cultural Change
Mediaeval Muslim Historians and the Franks in the Levant. By Alex Mallet. pp, x, 209. Leiden, Brill, 2014.
Intellectual jousting and the Chinggisid Wisdom Bazaars
In recent years the image of the Mongols has undergone a steady change. This shift reflects a growing interest in the development of the Chinggisid Empire and its assimilation of the peoples and cultures that it absorbed and conversely the absorption, not always voluntarily, of things Mongol by the sedentary cultures which acted as the Mongols’ hosts. It was not only military technology, cuisine, medicine, art, and the practicalities and instrume…
The Phoenix Mosque and the Persians of Medieval Hangzhou
Power, Politics, and Tradition in the Mongol Empire and the Īlkhānate of Iran, by Michael Hope
This is a long overdue, and most welcome, detailed study of the Ilkhanate. At a superficial level, it provides a complete picture of the unfolding political narrative of Iran’s Chinggisid government from Hulegu’s arrival in the early 1250s to the demise of Abu Sa’id in 1335. However, it also traces the problem of authority in the Chinggisid state from the rise of Chinggis Khan through to the battles for supremacy between the Ilkhans and their Mon…
A Short History of The Mongols
The Mongol Empire was the mightiest land empire the world has ever seen. At its height it was twice the size of its Roman equivalent. For a remarkable century and a half it commanded a population of 100 million people, while the rule of Chinggis (Genghis) Khan marched undefeated from the Pacific Ocean to the Caspian Sea. George Lane argues that the Mongols were not only subjugators who swept all before them but one of the great organising forces …
The Mongols in Iran
The polymath, Qutb al-Dīn Shīrāzī, operated at the heart of the Ilkhanate state (1258–1335) from its inception under Hulegu. He worked alongside the scientist and political adviser, Nasir al-Dīn Ṭūsī, who had the ear of the Ilkhans and all their chief ministers. The Mongols in Iran provides an annotated, paraphrased translation of a thirteenth-century historical chronicle penned, though not necessarily authored, by Quṭb al-Dīn Shīrāzī. This chron…
Women in Mongol Iran
Women in Mongol Iran: The Khātūns, 1206–1335, by Bruno de Nicola Women in Mongol Iran: The Khātūns, 1206–1335, by Bruno de Nicola (Edinburgh: Edinburgh U.P., 2017; pp. 288. Pb. £24.99). George Lane George Lane SOAS, London [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 135, Issue 573, April 2020, Pages 459–461, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ceaa051 Published: 30 May 2020
Islam, Literature and Society in Mongol Anatolia By A. C. S. Peacock
Andrew Peacock can always be relied upon to impassion and embolden not only his readers and students but the wider field of study in which he carries weight and influence. His 2010 book on the early Seljuqs transformed attitudes towards the Turks and their impact on the region through his careful reading of the early sources. In this book his scrutiny of a host of manuscripts, some previously unknown, many hitherto unused and most clearly under-u…
Along the Silk Roads in Mongol Eurasia
This is an extremely welcome collection of short biographies of important figures active within the Chinggisid Empire. Though on a less ambitious scale than the seminal In the Service of the Khan: Eminent Personalities of the Early Mongol-Yuan Period (1200–1300) (eds. Igor de Rachewiltz and May Wang; Wiesbaden: Harassowitz, 1993), it provides an extremely useful reference for both important and obscure figures who have appeared in the primary sou…
The Mongol World
Drawing upon research carried out in several different languages and across a variety of disciplines, The Mongol World documents how Mongol rule shaped the trajectory of Eurasian history from Central Europe to the Korean Peninsula, from the thirteenth century to the fifteenth century. With 58 chapters written by both senior and early-career scholars, the volume is an essential resource for all students and scholars who study the Mongol Empire fro…
A History of Herat
Journal Article A History of Herat: From Chingiz Khan to Tamerlane By Shivan Mahendrarajah Get access A History of Herat: From Chingiz Khan to TamerlaneBy Shivan Mahendrarajah (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2022. Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture), 382 pp. Price HB £90.00. EAN 978–1474499347. George Lane George Lane SOAS, University of London E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford…
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