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3111 For a long period both before and after the Arab conquests of the seventh
4 century, the people of the Iranian plateau and surrounding countries had
5 been living in political and cultural turmoil, interspersed with bouts of
6 stability and development. Despite this, a sense of historical identity and
7 continuity prevailed, albeit tenuously, and it was the so-called catastrophic
8 thirteenth century that finally saw the rebirth of Persia as a central cultural,
9 spiritual and political player on the regional – if not the world – stage.
20111 After the traumatic years of anarchy following the collapse of the Great
1 Saljuqs in the latter part of the twelfth century, the 1250s saw the arrival
2 of Hülegü Khan. This study demonstrates that Hülegü Khan was ed
3 as a king and a saviour after the depredations of his predecessors, rather
4 than as a conqueror, and that the initial decades of his dynasty’s rule were
5 characterised by a renaissance in the cultural life of the Iranian plateau.
6 Freed from the spiritual and political oppression imposed by Baghdad and
7 fed on a rich diet of Asian cultural, commercial and mercantile influences,
8 Persia, its language, the ‘state’ and culture all prospered.
9 The voice of this unique era of renaissance still echoes in modern Iran
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2 e Lane spent twenty years living, working and seeking adventure in the
3 Middle East and then later, the Far East. During this time he has been an
4 English teacher, a freelance writer and journalist, and a businessman. He
5 returned to a more concentrated academic life in 1991 when he took up
6 work and studies at SOAS. Since then, he has been primarily concerned with
7 Medieval Islamic History, and with Iran and Central Asia in particular.
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