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Rashīd al-Dīn Ṭabīb ( Persian: رشیدالدین طبیب ; 1247–1318; also known as Rashīd al-Dīn Faḍlullāh Hamadānī, Persian: رشیدالدین فضلالله همدانی) was a statesman, historian and physician in Ilkhanate Iran. [1] Having converted to Islam from Judaism by the age of 30 in 1277, Rashid al-Din became the powerful vizier of Ilkhan Ghazan.
Rashid al-Din, sometimes referred to by his contemporaries as Rashid Tabib (“Rashid the physician”), is commonly thought to have been born ca. 1247 in Hamadan, Iran.
- Sienna Z. Jackson
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Jun 4, 2018 · From the manuscript Jami’ al-tawarikh by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, 1307. Depicting Muhammad and an angel Professor Martin Forward works at Aurora University. He has taught Islam at Cambridge and is the author of Muhammad: A Short Biography (1997)
The Compendium of Chronicles, written during the 14 th century by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (1247-1318) is considered the first world history. It was written for the Mongol Ilkhanate in Persia. It covers not only the history of the Mongols but major events occurring in China and Europe.
Nizari doctrine. Historians and scholars identify Hasan-i Sabbah as the founder of the Nizari Assassins and their doctrine. It developed during the struggle for succession of Nizar to the Fatimid throne in Cairo that eventually laid the foundation of the Nizari Isma'ilism Shia Islam.
RASHID AL-DIN ( Fazlallah Tabib al-Hamdani , "the physician from Hamadan"; 1247–1318). He was born to Jewish parents in *Hamadan. He was the son of ʿImād al-Dawla b. Abu al-Khayr, a pharmacist by profession.
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Jul 25, 2022 · Stefan Kamola’s Making Mongol History (also available in paperback) is a clearly written treatment of the writing career of Rashid al-Din Fazlallah Hamadani (1248–1318), physician-cum-vizier to the...
