Rashid o Din Fazlolah and history writing in Mongols era

Subject Areas : Epistemological and methodological researcher of historical research

amir akbari ¹ (استادیار گروه تاریخ دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد بجنورد)

Received: 2015-12-28 Accepted : 2015-12-28 Published : 2008-12-21

Keywords: Rashid o Din Fazlolah Hamadany, Jameo Tavarikh, history writing, world history, Il Khanan,

Abstract :

Rashid o Din Fazlolah Hamadany, the great historian of Il Khani era, was a minister of Khazan and Aljayto for twenty minutes. Besides cultural reforms, he was credited with writing 52 books. Among his works, Jameo Tavarikh ( The Encyclopedia of History) is of great value. Mongols who were interested in history created conditions for the growth of history writing. This gave scholars like Rashid o Din an opportunity to use all resources available to create great works such as Jameo Tavarikh. He used all documents about Il Khani from many nations to write Jameo Tavarikh as a universal book to fit Mongols empire. His book is actually is a collection of general, mythical history, local history, nations, geographical history and social, economic, epical, religious, ….developments. It can be regarded as a turning point in history  writing and specifically in Mongols era.