ABSTRACT
This chapter will offer a conclusion that brings together and connects the different ideas explored in the previous chapters. It offers a recap of the general narrative and the main contentions of the book, reinforce the arguments made in the previous chapters and offer a comprehensive explanation for the emergence and development of the Chobanid dynasty in Mongol Anatolia. Further, the characteristics of the rule of this Turkmen dynasty and its patronage of Persian literature are highlighted while connected with the general historical contexts of Anatolia and Iran in this period. This chapter argues that, based on the research exposed in the previous chapters, the history of north-western Anatolia in the 13th century serves as a good case study to better understand how a group of semi-nomadic Turkmen dealt with adapting their structures of political authority and religious normativity in Mongol Anatolia and how this is a unique case of a transformative political, religious and cultural process that would consolidate in the region during the ‘Beylik period’ in the 14th century.
