Jami' al-Tawarikh

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Jami' al-Tawarikh is a 14th-century universal history, often called one of the world's earliest illustrated world histories, that chronicles the Mongol Empire and many other peoples and dynasties.

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Jāmiʿ al-Tawārīkh 2
Jami' al-Tawarikh canonical 1
Jamiʿ al-Tawarikh 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian literary work ⓘ
manuscript ⓘ
universal history ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Compendium of Chronicles ⓘ
Jāmiʿ al-Tawārīkh ⓘ
linked to: Jami' al-Tawarikh
associatedDynasty Ilkhanate ⓘ
linked to: Mongol Ilkhanate
author Rashid al-Din Hamadani ⓘ
chronicles Chinese dynasties ⓘ
Frankish (European) rulers ⓘ
Ilkhanate ⓘ
linked to: Mongol Ilkhanate

Jewish history ⓘ
Mongol Empire ⓘ
Prophets and early Islamic history ⓘ
pre-Islamic Iranian kings ⓘ
various Islamic dynasties ⓘ
commissionedBy Ghazan Khan ⓘ
linked to: Ghazan

Öljaitü ⓘ
linked to: Öljeitü
contains genealogical tables ⓘ
maps ⓘ
miniature paintings ⓘ
dateWritten early 14th century ⓘ
genre world history ⓘ
historicalPeriod Ilkhanid period ⓘ
linked to: Mongol Ilkhanate
includesSectionOn history of China ⓘ
history of Europe ⓘ
history of India ⓘ
history of the Mongols ⓘ
history of the prophets ⓘ
influenced Islamic illustrated manuscript tradition ⓘ
later Persian historiography ⓘ
intendedAudience Ilkhanid court ⓘ
linked to: Mongol Ilkhanate
language Arabic ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
notableFor being one of the earliest illustrated world histories ⓘ
patron Ghazan Khan ⓘ
linked to: Ghazan

Öljaitü ⓘ
linked to: Öljeitü
placeOfComposition Tabriz ⓘ
purpose to legitimize Mongol rule in the Islamic world ⓘ
region Persia ⓘ
religiousContext Islamic historiography ⓘ
scholarlySignificance major source for Mongol and Ilkhanid history ⓘ
script Naskh ⓘ
structure multi-volume work ⓘ
subjectMatter universal history from Creation to the author’s time ⓘ
survivingManuscriptsHeldAt Edinburgh University Library ⓘ
Khalili Collection ⓘ
Topkapı Palace Museum Library ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rashid al-Din Hamadani → notableWork → Jami' al-Tawarikh ⓘ
Jami al-Tawarikh manuscripts → title → Jamiʿ al-Tawarikh ⓘ
linked to: Jami' al-Tawarikh
Jami' al-Tawarikh → alsoKnownAs → Jāmiʿ al-Tawārīkh ⓘ
linked to: Jami' al-Tawarikh
Compendium of Chronicles → alsoKnownAs → Jāmiʿ al-Tawārīkh ⓘ
linked to: Jami' al-Tawarikh