Mojmal al-Tawarikh

12th century chronicle of Persian Kings
A copy of the book from Herat, dated 1425 CE. Depicted are Muhammad and the archangel Gabriel. Script is in Persian language.

Mojmal al-Tawarikh wa al-Qasas (مُجمل التواریخ و القصص "The Collection of Histories and Tales") was a book written in Ghaznavid Persia (in c. 1126[citation needed]).

The book is a chronicle mostly of Persian Kings, and is often cited as a source of reference for historical events of the 12th century and before. It refers to the classical Persian Shahnameh as the "tree" and all other poems as "branches".[1]

Some authors have claimed the name of the author to be Ibn Shadi Asad abadi (ابن شادی اسدآبادی).[2] The book was first edited in 1939 by Mohammad-Taqi Bahar in Tehran.

Another book with the same title was written by Fasihuddin Ahmad in 1441.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ The Development of Persian Culture under the Early Ghaznavids, C.E.Bosworth, Iran, Vol. 6, (1968), 41.
  2. ^ "مقالات تاريخي". Archived from the original on 2007-01-31. Retrieved 2007-06-14.

Sources

  • Askari, Nasrin (2016). The medieval reception of the Shāhnāma as a mirror for princes. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-30790-2.
  • Weber, Siegfried; Riedel, Dagmar (2012). "MOJMAL AL-TAWĀRIḴ WA'L-QEṢAṢ". Encyclopaedia Iranica.
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