Wassaf
Wassaf | |
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| Born | Abdallah ibn Faḍlallah Sharaf al-Din Shīrāzī 1265 |
| Died | 1328 |
| Nationality | Persian |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, Tax Administrator |
| Title | Waṣṣāf al-Ḥaḍrat (Court Panegyrist) |
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| Era | Ilkhanate |
| Notable works | Tārīkḣ-i Waṣṣāf(Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tazjiyat al-a'ṣār) |
Abdallah ibn Faḍlallah Sharaf al-Din Shīrāzī(Persian:عبدالله ابن فضلالله شرفالدین شیرازی;fl.1265–1328), calledWassaforVassaf,was aPersianhistorian of theIlkhanate.Waṣṣāf,sometimes lengthened toWaṣṣāf al-ḤaḍratorVassaf-e Hazrat(Persian:وصّافِ حضرت), is a title meaning "court panegyrist".[1][2]
A native ofShiraz,Wassaf was a tax administrator inFarsduring the reigns ofGhazan MahmudandÖljaitü.[3]He is the author of the historical workTārīkḣ-i Waṣṣāf,also known asTajziyat al-amṣār wa-tazjiyat al-a'ṣār(The allocation of cities and the propulsion of epochs).
Tarikh-i Wassaf
[edit]His history,Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tazjiyat al-a'ṣār(The allocation of cities and the propulsion of epochs)[4]also calledTārīkḣ-i Waṣṣāf,[5]was conceived as a continuation ofJuwayni'sTārīkḣ-i Jahāngushāy[6][7]whose account of the rise of theMongol Empireended in 1257.
Tārīkḣ-i Waṣṣāfconsisted of an introduction and five volumes.[6]The first volume (first part) only was edited and translated byJoseph von Hammer-Purgstall,published 1855.[6][8]
Wassaf's florid style of prose is not easily followed by modern readers, and an abridged version entitled theTaḥrīr-i Tārīkḣ-i Waṣṣāf(1346/1967) has been edited by ʿAbd al-Muḥammad Āyatī.[8]
References
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- ^Huart, Cl., "Waṣṣāf",in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, First Edition (1913-1936), Edited by M. Th. Houtsma, T.W. Arnold, R. Basset, R. Hartmann.
- ^Blair, Sheila S. (1986)."The Mongol Capital of Sulṭāniyya," The Imperial "".Iran.24:139–151.doi:10.2307/4299771.JSTOR4299771.JSTOR4299771
- ^A.K.S. Lambton,"Mongol Fiscal Administration in Persia"Studia Islamica,no. 64 (1987): p. 80.
- ^Feldherr, Andrew et al., (2012),The Oxford History of Historical Writing: Volume 2: 400-1400,p. 269
- ^Āyatī (2013),p. 149.
- ^abcĀyatī (2013),p. 150.
- ^Jackson, Peter (2003).The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History.Cambridge University Press. p. 49.ISBN0521543290.
- ^abBlair (1986),p. 148 (note 5 to p. 139).
- Bibliography
- Āyatī, ʿAbd al-Muḥammad (2013),"30. Tārīkḣ-i Waṣṣāf",Historical Sources of the Islamic World: Selected Entries from Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam,EWI Press, pp. 149–152,ISBN9781908433114
- Jackson, Peter (2009). "Mongol Khans and Religious Allegiance: The Problems Confronting a Minister-Historian in Ilkhanid Iran".Iran.47:109–129.doi:10.1080/05786967.2009.11864762.JSTOR25651467.S2CID163667392.(registration required)
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