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But like the introduction of block-printed 12 Blair money in Iran, Rashid al-Din’s program was a failure in the short run, as it does not seem that his artists could keep up with the pace, and the illustrations in the later Ilkhanid copies of the Compendium of Chronicles were never completed.58 Battle scenes like “Ilak Khan putting the ...
- Sheila Blair
The Arabic copy of Rashid al-Din’s Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkh dated 714/1314‒15 and divided between Edinburgh University Library (Or. ms. 20) and the Khalili Collection in London (ms. 727) is of seminal importance as one of the first and most extensively illustrated histories produced in Iran. This article examines four paintings from the ...
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Feb 28, 2021 · Ghazan Khan, the seventh Ilkhanid ruler, ascended the throne on November 10 th, 1295 (23 Dhu al-ḥajja 694) and reigned until May 15 th, 1304 (11 Shawwal 703). At some point during his reign, he ordered his vizier, Rashid al-Din to write the history of the Mongols and their conquests.
- Sara Mirahmadi
- 2021
Author: Rashid al-Din (Iranian, Hamadan 1247–1318 Tabriz) Date: 1315. Culture: Ilkhanid. Medium: Opaque watercolor, gold and ink on paper; 151 fols. Dimensions: 17 1/2 × 26 3/8 in. (44.5 × 67 cm) Classification: Manuscripts and Illuminations. Credit Line: University of Edinburgh (ms Arab 20)
Aug 18, 2015 · The Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkh or ‘Compendium of Chronicles’ is a monumental universal history composed by Rashīd al-Dīn (d. 1317) in Persian at the beginning of the 14th century. It was originally written for the Mongol Ilkhan of Iran Ghazan Khan (d. 1304) but was finally presented to his brother and successor...
In 1312, his colleague Sa'd-al-Din Mohammad Avaji fell from power and was replaced by Taj-al-Din Ali-Shah Jilani. Then, in 1314, Öljaitü died and power passed to his son, Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, who sided with Ali-Shah. In 1318, Rashid al-Din was charged with having poisoned Öljaitü and was executed on July 13, at the age of seventy.
Rashid al-Din was a Muslim intellectual whose history of the world showed the diversity of the peoples and ideas mixing in the Mongol Ilkhanate. Download the Graphic Biography PDF here or click on the image above. Learn for free about math, art, computer programming, economics, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, finance, history, and more ...
