Ghazaniyyeh of Tabriz :the Symbol of Mongol Cultural Chang

Subject Areas : The Journal of Islamic History and Civilisation

پرویز علی  پرویز علی ¹ (ندارد)
شهرام  یوسفی فر ² (ندازد)

Received: 2011-06-19 Accepted : 2011-07-06 Published : 2011-08-23

Keywords: Sham-i Ghazan, Ghazaniyyeh of Tabriz, Ghazankhan, Mongol, Ilkhanids,

Abstract :

Durig the 7th century Mongol tribes dominated vast part of EasternIslamic territory and political and social spheres .Those were thepeople with different language, culture, weather condition habits,decamping traditions and different architectural ideas.Even though they had constituted towns near their capitals and hadapplied their culture to these cities, they were yet small ethnicminorities. But despite of this ethnic differentiation of Mongols incultural identity, their affability in Ghazankhan era resulted inselection of Islamic religion and this ethnic differentiation changeddrastically. This religious belief, with cultural identity that wasbasically Iranian, was reinforced and consolidated and Iranian–Islamiccultural fountain watered moguls' culture from architecture to religion.This cultural transition was resounded when Ghazaniyyeh of Tabrizwas constructed in Ilkhanids territory. Structure and functions of thistownship was the sign of great social, economical andpolitical changes that had happened among Moguls and it did not haveany counterpart in structural variety.This kind of tribal culture thatcould only be superior among nomadic tribes and in the field of battleand looting, it didn't have anything to offer in the field of culture,civilization and government and it faded little by little.