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The Mongols in Iran - Qutb Al-Din Shirazi's Akhbar-i Moghulan (Hardcover)
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The Mongols in Iran - Qutb Al-Din Shirazi's Akhbar-i Moghulan (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Iran and Turkey
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The polymath, Qutb al-Din Shirazi, operated at the heart of the
Ilkhanate state (1258-1335) from its inception under Hulegu. He
worked alongside the scientist and political adviser, Nasir al-Din
Tusi, who had the ear of the Ilkhans and all their chief ministers.
The Mongols in Iran provides an annotated, paraphrased translation
of a thirteenth-century historical chronicle penned, though not
necessarily authored, by Qutb al-Din Shirazi. This chronicle, a
patchwork of anecdotes, detailed accounts, diary entries and
observations, comprises the notes and drafts of a larger, unknown,
and probably lost historical work. It is specific, factual, and
devoid of the rhetorical hyperbole and verbal arabesques so beloved
of other writers of the period. It outlines the early years of the
Chinggisid empire, recounts the rule of Hulegu Khan and his son
Abaqa, and finally, details the travails and ultimate demise and
death of Abaqa's brother and would be successor, Ahmad Tegudar.
Shirazi paints the Mongol khans in a positive light and opens his
chronicle with a portrait of Chinggis Khan in almost hallowed
terms. Throwing new light on well-known personalities and events
from the early Ilkhanate, this book will appeal to anyone studying
the Mongol Empire, Medieaval History, and Persian Literature.
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