The disruption of the Mongol invasion and rule was a defining point in Islamic civilization that ultimately led to the establishment of non-Arab, dynastic Islamic empires in the Middle East. Popular perceptions of Mongol rule as calamitous are reinforced by historians like Browne, who describes the Mongol period as having done ‘more to compass the ruin of Islamic civilization…than any other’. Ibn Battuta documents that even one hundred years later, two of ‘the great cities of Khurasan’ lay in ruins. Certainly, the initial Mongol conquest was devastating, but the idea that it ended Islamic ruined Islamic civilization does not hold up to examination. Although Iraq suffered some long-term devastation, rather than destroying Islamic civilization, Mongol rule shifted the centers of power to Anatolia, Persia, and Egypt in which Islamic civilization and culture thrived. It was in this context and with the crucial aid of the pax mongolica that significant developments in Islamic art and a reemergence of Persian culture took place. In a similar vein, the Mongol yasa left a legacy in the post-Mongol Islamic dynasties which were compelled to legitimize themselves by balancing the universalist claims of sharia and the Mongol yasa. Ultimately, this was their most consequential legacy and one which contributed to the enduring post-Mongol empires. Thus, Mongol rule did not destroy Islamic civilization but rather led to a shift from an Arab-centric system of culture and governance to a broader Islamic polity. Browne’s claims of ruin are semi-accurate in …show more content…
That is not to say that these dynasties did not imbue their own customs and traditions into their legal corpuses, but the distinction between pre and post-Mongol law in Islamic civilization is grounded in the Mongol understanding and promotion of dynastic law and
Ansary, Mir Tamim. Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World through Islamic Eyes. New York: PublicAffairs, 2009. Print.
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