Rashid al-Din

Type Figure Region Persia Time 1247–1318 Also known as Rashid al-Din Hamadani、Rashid al-Din Tabib、Rashid al-Din Fadlallah、拉希德丁·哈马丹尼

Rashid al-Din (1247–1318) was a Persian statesman, historian, and physician of the Ilkhanate, born into a Jewish convert family in Hamadan.…

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1247–1270Hamadan · HamadanBorn in Hamadan, he received a traditional Islamic education and medical training, studying Persian, Arabic, and historiography, laying the foundation for his later service at the khan's court and the compilation of the Jami al-Tawarikh.
c. 1270–1288Court of the Ilkhanate · IlkhanateFrom about the 1270s he served as court physician to Abaqa Khan, gradually entering the inner political circle and taking part in the administration and diplomacy of the khan's court.
1298–1318Sultaniyya · ZanjanAs chancellor to Ghazan Khan he established a chancery at Sultaniyya and directed the compilation of the richly illustrated Jami al-Tawarikh, covering world history from creation to the present and the genealogies of many peoples.

Rashid al-Din — Charles Melville https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/rashid-al-din