Persian world histories in the Mongol era : the transmission and reception of Rashid al-Din's Jamiʻ al-Tavarikh /
"Examines how world histories were produced in Ilkhanid and Timurid Iran Presents Japanese scholarship on mediaeval manuscripts of histories written in PersianAnalyses histories written in West Asia from an East Asian perspectiveAddresses authorship and methodology questions arising from differ...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2025]
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| Series: | Islamicate East.
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| Summary: | "Examines how world histories were produced in Ilkhanid and Timurid Iran Presents Japanese scholarship on mediaeval manuscripts of histories written in PersianAnalyses histories written in West Asia from an East Asian perspectiveAddresses authorship and methodology questions arising from different text versions through a comparative analysis of a number of manuscriptsCatalogues the extant corpus of universal history works written in PersianUtilises a range of approaches from codicology and historiography to art historyThis collection of essays brings together codicological, historiographical and art-historical studies of Medieval Persian history manuscripts. The main subject is Rashīd al-Dīn's Jāmiʻ al-tavārīkh (Compendium of Chronicles). Considered the first 'world history', it was originally written in Persian in the early fourteenth century, when vast areas of the Eurasian continent were under Mongol rule. There is also a particular focus on Persian manuscripts preserved in India, which have heretofore been largely ignored. Though developed and sophisticated, Japanese studies on the Jāmiʻ al-tavārīkh remain mostly unknown outside of Japan due to the language barrier. In this volume, Japanese scholars offer their East Asian perspective on this and other West Asian histories for the first time in English, using not only Persian but also Chinese and Sanskrit sources. Through a comparative analysis of a number of manuscripts, the volume tackles various questions concerning the production of texts during the Ilkhanid and Timurid periods. It reveals valuable clues regarding the sources used in historical writings, the process of writing, revising and illustrating the manuscripts, and the production of copies and recensions in the Persianate realms under Mongol rule"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (some color). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781399552356 (electronic bk.) 9781399552332 1399552333 139955235X |