Jami' al-tawarikh
work of literature and history, produced in the Mongol Ilkhanate / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh (Persian/Arabic: جامع التواريخ, lit. ' a complete History') is a work of literature and history, produced in the Mongol Ilkhanate.[1] Written by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (1247–1318 AD) at the start of the 14th century, large coverage of the work has caused it to be called "the first world history".[2] It was in three volumes and published in Arabic and Persian versions.
The surviving portions total approximately 400 pages of the original work. The work describes cultures and major events in world history from China to Europe; in addition, it covers Mongol history, as a way of establishing their cultural legacy.[3] The early illustrated manuscripts represent "one of the most important surviving examples of persian art in any medium",[4] and are the largest surviving body of early examples of the Persian miniature.