List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations for primary and secondary source texts
Introduction and sources for the history of the Jalayirids
tribes and the Chinggisid Empire
The Jalayirs and the Early Ilkhanate
From tribal Amirs to royal in-laws
Crisis and transition (1335-56)
Shaykh Uvays and the Jalayirid dynasty
Dynastic ideology during the reign of Shaykh Uvays
Challenges to the Jalayirid Order
conclusions and the legacy of the Jalayirids
maps and genealogical chart.