"A welcome addition to courses on cross-cultural exchange in the pre-modern era, at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, or for anyone curious about the Mongols and Dar al-Islam beyond the conquests that brought the two face-to-face."--Lan Wu, Reading Religion "No study has attempted to examine the topic across the empire in both time and space--at least none until the appearance of Peter Jackson's magnum opus, The Mongols and the Islamic World . The sheer volume of the bibliography is astounding, citing sources from eight traditions or regions and in seven languages. His expertise is unlikely to be superseded in the near future."--Timothy May, Journal of the American Oriental Society "[An] extensive work by a distinguished medievalist. The book is based on systematic and meticulous work with primary sources in a variety of languages, . discussed and interpreted with rare erudition."--Jana Valtrová, Religious Studies Review "A re-examination of the main primary sources on the Mongol rule.

"--Maryam Kamali, Canadian Journal of History "At last, we now have a thorough scholarly analysis examining the initial Mongolian conquest and final collapse of their alien regime. Peter Jackson's The Mongols and the Islamic World is the definitive resource text on the Mongol presence and influence in Central Asia and the Muslim world. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the history of the Muslims or the Mongols."--Jack Weatherford, author of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World "This is a work of great erudition which benefits from Peter Jackson's life-long mastery of both the Muslim and the European sources for the history of the Mongols. The book is a must for any scholar or student interested in the Mongol Empire."--Michal Biran, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem "Written with a depth and a degree of insight never previously achieved, this accessible study is the most important book on the history of the Mongol Empire to have been published in years."--David Morgan, author of The Mongols.