Rashid al-Din's Historical Compendium

Timeline

1. 1300–1304Tabriz · East Azerbaijan ProvinceGhazan Khan charged vizier Rashid al-Din with organizing the genealogies of the Mongol khans and historical materials from various regions, establishing the plan for a universal history written in Persian and encompassing multiple civilizations, which laid the framework for the Jami al-Tawarikh.
2. 1307–1310Rab'-i Rashidi · East Azerbaijan ProvinceAt the scriptorium, Rashid al-Din assembled Persian, Arab, and Chinese scholars to collaborate, integrating eastern sources such as the Ce fu yuan gui (Imperial Encyclopedia) with Islamic chronicles, and commissioned painting workshops to produce miniature illustrations, completing the main chapters of the Jami al-Tawarikh.
3. 1311–1318Tabriz · East Azerbaijan ProvinceAfter the first edition was completed, it circulated in the Ilkhanate court and throughout the Islamic world, becoming an important source for later study of the Mongol Empire and 14th-century Eurasian history; its illustrative tradition influenced the development of Persian miniature painting.