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Ata-Mak Juvayni

Type Figure Region Persia Time 1226–1283 Also known as Ata-Malik Juvayni、Ala al-Din Ata-Malik Juvayni、Ala al-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad Juvayni、阿塔·马利克·朱韦尼

Ata-Mak Juvayni (1226–1283) was a Persian historian and administrator of the Ilkhanate, a member of the Juvayni family whose brother was chancellor S…

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  1. 1226–1256Juvayn · KhurasanBorn in Juvayn, Khurasan, the family entered service after the Mongol western campaigns; Ata-Mak accompanied Mongol armies in his youth and witnessed part of the conquests, accumulating material for his later historical writings.
  2. 1258–1283Baghdad · IraqAfter Hulegu captured Baghdad he appointed Ata-Mak governor there; from 1261–1270 he governed Mesopotamia and wrote the History of the World Conqueror, recording the Mongol conquests and the early Ilkhanate rule from an eyewitness perspective.

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