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Rashid al-Din, Vizier and world historian

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ScholarVizier and world historian

Rashid al-Dinرشيد الدين فضل الله الهمذاني

Approximate dateTabriz

A physician and vizier of the Mongol Ilkhans who wrote the first true history of the world.

Born to a Jewish family of Hamadan, he became Muslim and rose as physician and then vizier to Ghazan Khan after Ghazan embraced Islam. His Jami' al-Tawarikh covers the Mongols, China, India, the Franks and the prophets. He built a whole quarter of learning in Tabriz, and was executed after court intrigues.

What grew out of it?

Its illustrated copies are treasures of Persian painting and a key source on the Mongols.

Where do they appear in the story?

Who else is linked?

TabrizGhazanMuslim Mongol khanatesMongol Empire

Who lived at the same time?

Malik al-SalihQalawunGhiyath al-Din BalbanAl-Ashraf KhalilBaybarsGhazanMuhammad al-MustansirBerke Khan

Source: history · Wikipedia

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