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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.
Apr 3, 2024 · Rashīd al-Dīn (born 1247—died 1318) was a Persian statesman and historian who was the author of a universal history, Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh (“Collector of Chronicles”). Rashīd al-Dīn belonged to a Jewish family of Hamadan , but he was converted to Islam and, as a physician, joined the court of the Mongol ruler of Persia , the Il-Khan ...
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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.
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Encyclopaedia Judaica. RASHID AL-DINRASHID 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.
Aug 18, 2015 · 18 August 2015. The travels of a manuscript: Rashid al-Din's Compendium of Chronicles (Add.7628) 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.
Jun 17, 2021 · Français. Making Mongol History: Rashīd al-Dīn and the Jami’ al-Tawarikh. By Stefan Kamola Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture. pp. 309. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2019. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 June 2021. Judith Kolbas. Article. Metrics. Get access. Cite. Rights & Permissions. Abstract.
The doctor, Rashid al-Din from the city of Hamadan, had recently been the most powerful individual in the realm, an adviser to kings, patron of scholarship and charity, and author in genres as diverse as history, theology and natural philosophy.
