Late Middle Ages · Middle East · Culture

1305

Rashid al-Din completes the Jami' al-Tawarikh

1305

The Jewish-born vizier of the Ilkhanate finished a universal history stretching from Adam to the Mongol khans, compiled in Tabriz with informants from China, India, and Christendom. No earlier work had attempted global scope on this scale, encompassing Franks, Chinese, and Indians in a single narrative framework. Its illustrated manuscripts remain among the finest documents of medieval Persia.

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Before and after in Middle East

Before: 1304: Ilkhan Öljaitü converts to Shia Islam
After: 1318: Rashid al-Din executed in Tabriz

Before and after in Culture

Before: 1304: Giotto summoned to paint at Assisi
After: 1306: Giotto begins Bardi Chapel frescoes

Era

Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.