This book examines the life and work of Rashid alDin Tabib (d. 1318), the most powerful statesman working for the Mongol Ilkhans in the Middle East. It begins with an overview of administrative history and historiography in the early Ilkhanate, culminating with Rashid alDin’s Blessed History of Ghazan, the indispensable source for Mongol and Ilkhanid history. Later chapters lay out the results of the most comprehensive study to date of the manuscripts of Rashid alDin’s historical writing. The complicated relationship between Rashid alDin’s historical and theological writings is also explored, as well as his appropriation of the work of his contemporary historian, ‘Abd Allah Qashani.
This book examines the life and work of Rashid alDin Tabib (d. 1318), the most powerful statesman working for the Mongol Ilkhans in the Middle East. It begins with an overview of administrative history and historiography in the early Ilkhanate, culminating with Rashid alDin’s Blessed History of Ghazan, the indispensable source for Mongol and Ilkhanid history. Later chapters lay out the results of the most comprehensive study to date of the manuscripts of Rashid alDin’s historical writing. The complicated relationship between Rashid alDin’s historical and theological writings is also explored, as well as his appropriation of the work of his contemporary historian, ‘Abd Allah Qashani.
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