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After the Mongols, the next five Iranian empires were all of nomadic or tribal nature, from nomads or tribes within Iran, in contrast to China or Russia which largely pushed out Mongol remnants. Why was Iran so “Turkified”/“Mongolicized” in the wake of the conquests, but other regions were not?

by /u/RiceEatingSavage in /r/AskHistorians

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