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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Other Authors: Masuya, Tomoko (Editor), Ōtsuka, Osamu, 1980- (Editor), Kawamoto, Masatomo (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2025]
Series:Islamicate East.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction part 1 : manuscript studies on the text and illustrations of the Jāmiʻ al‑tavārīkh from an East Asian perspective / Tomoko Masuya, Osamu Otsuka and Masatomo Kawamoto
  • Introduction part 2 : studies in Japan on the manuscripts of the Jāmiʻ al‑tavārīkh / Nobuhiro Uno
  • History of the transmission and reception of the Jāmiʻ al‑tavārīkh : from the history of the Mongols to the history of the world / Osamu Otsuka
  • A systematic classification of Jāmiʻ al‑tavārīkh volume one manuscripts according to text characteristics / Nobuhiro Uno
  • Tracing the lineage of the Rampur manuscript, a copy of 'History of the Mongols' (volume one of the Jāmiʻ al‑tavārīkh) / Nobuhiro Uno
  • Reconstructing the illustrative programme of volume one ('History of the Mongols') of the Jāmiʻ al‑tavārīkh from a comparison of codicological versions / Masatomo Kawamoto
  • The significance of the Rampur manuscript of the Jāmiʻ al‑tavārīkh : chronology of illustrations and influences on other manuscripts / Tomoko Masuya
  • The ceremonial axe and the timekeeper bird in the 'Yuan Palace Illustration' of a manuscript of the Jāmiʻ al‑tavārīkh / Koichi Matsuda
  • Where an angel hears from the Buddha : analysing the Ilkhanid translations of the Devatāsūtra / Satoshi Ogura
  • Tārīkh‑i Banākatī reconsidered : beyond Rashīd al‑Dīn‑centrism / Osamu Otsuka
  • Classification of Rawżāt al‑jannāt fī awṣāf madīnat Harāt manuscripts and discovery of text unpublished in critical editions / Masaki Sugiyama,