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.