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SUMMARY:Central Asian Christian perspectives on Mongol Chaghatai Rule - Be
 njamin Sharkey (Oxford)
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DESCRIPTION:East Syriac Christians\, sometimes known as Nestorians\, are c
 onstantly encountered in our sources on the Mongol Empire\, and were clear
 ly widespread across the medieval Middle East\, Central Asia\, and China. 
 Nevertheless\, they have so far received very little attention from schola
 rs working on the Mongol Empire\, and their position within the empire is 
 very little understood. The material and epigraphic sources produced by th
 ese communities also offer a valuable and untapped perspective on Mongol r
 ule\, as seen by its subjects. In this paper I will explore these Christia
 n communities and their sources\, and ask how their perspectives can bette
 r help us understand life in the Mongol world. I will offer some broad bru
 sh strokes on the position and spread of Christians in the empire\, before
  focusing my attention on Christians within the Chaghatai Ulus. The most n
 eglected of the four constituent Mongol khanates\, the case of the Chaghat
 ai Ulus can demonstrate the value of these Christian sources and perspecti
 ves for wider Mongol history. I will look at the evidence of entanglement 
 between Chaghatai elites and Central Asian Christians\, and the trans-impe
 rial connectivity witnessed by these communities. Finally I will turn to t
 he question of later Mongol Islamisation\, and show how the perspective of
  Christians experiencing this development offers us a fresh way of viewing
  this process.\nSpeakers:\nBenjamin Sharkey (Oxford)
LOCATION:Dickson Poon Building\, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
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