Christianity in the Foreign Policy of the Sassanid and Ilkhanid Dynasties

Christianity in the Foreign Policy of the Sassanid and Ilkhanid DynastiesTarih Dergisi: Turkish Journal of HistorySyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/WJ4FF99B/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.MuratTuralChristianity in the Foreign Policy of the Sassanid and Ilkhanid Dynastieshttp://syriaca.org/cbss/WJ4FF99Bhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/WJ4FF99Bhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/WJ4FF99BTarih Dergisi: Turkish Journal of History82:1202427-74This study comparatively deals with Christianity as a factor in the foreign policy of the Sassanid Dynasty as the last pre-Islamic Persian dynasty of the geography of Iran, and the Ilkhanid Dynasty that converted to Islam toward the end of its rule. The two elements that dominated Iran and its surroundings, one by revolution and the other by occupation, are seen to have been forced to pursue a Christian-centered foreign policy soon after their establishment. In this article does cross-examine the intersecting and diverging aspects of the Roman-Persian and Ilkhanid-European relationship. This study; analyzes the traces of continuity and change in Iran at the time of these two political entities mainly through issues such as the religious beliefs of the Sassanid and Ilkhanid rulers, the Christian wives of the shahenshahs and ilkhans, the Catholicos, the leader of the Eastern Church, and the Christian persecution. Tural, Murat. “Christianity in the Foreign Policy of the Sassanid and Ilkhanid Dynasties.” Tarih Dergisi: Turkish Journal of History 82:1 (2024): 27–74. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.26650/iutd.20231384439. Murat Tural, Christianity in the Foreign Policy of the Sassanid and Ilkhanid Dynasties, Tarih Dergisi: Turkish Journal of History 82:1 (2024): 27–74, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.26650/iutd.20231384439.