Notes on Rashid ad-Din

• Rashid ad-Din was the author of the Jami' at-tawarikh.
• Rashid ad-Din was a Persian Jew who converted to Islam and served at the Mongol court in Persia.
• Born in 1247 almost 30 years after Cingis Qan conquered Persia. He served Ghazan, Oljeitu and was executed in 1318 by Abu Sa'id.
• He assembled a record of the Mongol dynasty called the "Jami' at-tawarikh".
• There are splendid translations in Russian but I am unfamiliar with a full translation in English. J. A. Boyle translated parts of it and I believe he published some of it in:
  • Boyle, J. A., ed. The Cambridge History of Iran: Volume 5: The Saljuq and Mongol Periods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968
• Russian translation
  • Rashid-ad-din. "Sbornik Letopisei,"
    • Vol. 1 translated by L. A. Khetagurov. Moscow-Leningrad 1952.
    • Vol. 1/2 translated by Yu P. Verkhovski Moscow-Leningrad 1960.
    • Vol III translated by A. K. Arends. Moscow-Leningrad 1946.

For Further Reading: RugNotes Guide to Rugs & Books

Thanks and best wishes,

J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

Index to my Rug Notes

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z