From the manuscript Jami ' al-tawarikh by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, 1307, Ilkhanate period.

From the manuscript Jami ' al-tawarikh by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, 1307, Ilkhanate period.

** Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, Persian writer and historian ( b. 1247 )

* Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, Persian writer and historian ( approximate date ) ( d. 1318 )

The art of the Persian book was also born under this dynasty, and was encouraged by aristocratic patronage of large manuscripts such as the Jami ' al-tawarikh by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani.

In Persia, the historian Rashid-al-Din Hamadani records some eleven Buddhist texts circulating in Arabic translation, amongst which the Sukhavati-vyuha and Karanda-vyuha Sutras are recognizable.

Siege of Beijing 1213-1214, depicted in the Jami ' al-tawarikh by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Division Orientale.

Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, ibn Battuta, Marco Polo all were referring to Northern China as Cathay, while Southern China, ruled by the Song dynasty, was Mangi, Manzi, Chin, or Sin.

Muslim historian Rashid-al-Din Hamadani quoted Berke as sending the following message to Mongke Khan, protesting the attack on Baghdad ( not knowing Mongke had died in China ): " He has sacked all the cities of the Muslims, and has brought about the death of the Caliph.

Records exist, some in the fragmentary remains of his autobiography, and from another biography written by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani in 1310, to date his arrival in Egypt at 30 August 1078.

According to the historian Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, Kublai granted Hulagu ( Hulegu ) the title of Ilkhan after his defeat of Ariq Boke.

The historian Rashid-al-Din Hamadani wrote a universal history for the khans around 1315 which provides much material for their history.

Statue of Rashid-al-Din Hamadani in Iran.

This route-often under the presence of hostile tribes-also finds mention in the works of Rashid-al-Din Hamadani.

But Rashid-al-Din Hamadani named his first husband as Dair Usun of the Merkits.

In his " History of the Mongols ", the Persian historian Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, referred to Cumania around 1236-1237, during the Mongol invasion of Möngke, the future Great Khan of the Mongol Empire.

Rashid-al-Din Hamadani | Rashid al-Din, early 14th century.

According to Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, many of Mongolian old clans were founded by Borjigin members-Barulas, Urud, Manghud, Taichiut, Chonos, Kiyat etc.

In the 14th century, valid sources ( heavily dependent on Rashid-al-Din Hamadani and other Persian or Arabic historians ) all but dry up.

From the 14th century Universal History by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, an image representing Arghun ( standing, holding his son Ghazan ) under a royal umbrella.

In the medieval Islamic world ( 13th century ), universal history in this vein was taken up by Muslim historians such as Ta ' rīkh-i jahān-gushā ( History of the World Conqueror ) by Ala ' iddin Ata-Malik Juvayni, Jami al-Tawarikh (" Compendium of Chronicles ") by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani ( now held at the University of Edinburgh ) and the Muqaddimah by Ibn Khaldun.

Statue of Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, The Persian physician of Jewish origin, polymathic writer and historian, who wrote an enormous Islamic history, the Jami al-Tawarikh, in the Persian language during Mongol rule.

The most famous such convert was Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, a physician, historian and statesman, who adopted Islam in order to advance his career at Öljeitü's court.

In 1318, he convinced the discredited former vizier Rashid-al-Din Hamadani to return to the Ilkhanid court.