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Mīr-Khvānd
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Muhammad ibn Khvandshah ibn Mahmud, more commonly known as Mirkhvand (, also transliterated as Mirkhwand; 1433/34 – 1498), was a Persian historian active during the reign of the Timurid ruler Sultan Husayn Bayqara (). He is principally known for his universal history, the ("The garden of purity"), which he wrote under the patronage of the high-ranking functionary Ali-Shir Nava'i (died 1501). According to the German orientalist Bertold Spuler, the is the greatest universal history in Persian regarding the Islamic world.
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Mīr-Khvānd, also known as Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh Mīr Khvānd, was a male historian from the Timurid Empire. Born in Balkh in 1433, he practiced Islam and wrote in Persian. His notable work is the Rawzat as-Safa.
He died in Herat in 1498. His writings have been described by the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. He is related to Muhammad Khwandamir.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1433
- Died
- 1498
- Works
- 33
Top works
- Ravzatu's-safâ fî sîreti'l-enbiyâ ve'l-mülûk ve'l-hulefâ (Tabaka-i Selçûkiyye)
- Notice de l'histoire universelle de Mirkhond
- Tarih-i Ravzatü's-Safâ fî sireti'l-enbiyâ ve'l-muluk ve'l-hülefâ
- The History of Persia
- Mirchond's Geschichte der Seldschuken
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Key facts
- Writer.name
- Mirkhvand
- Writer.image
- Mir Muhammad ibn Khawand Shah bin Mahmud (Mirkhwand) (d. 1498 AD)- Rawdat al-Safa Fi Sirat al-Anbiya' Wa al-muluk wa al-Khulafa Safavid Iran, dated Muharram 1045, i.e. June 1635.jpg
- Writer.caption
- Manuscript of Mirkhvand's Rawżat aṣ-ṣafāʾ. Copy made in Safavid Iran, dated 1635
- Writer.birth_date
- 1433/34
- Writer.birth_place
- Bukhara, Timurid Empire
- Writer.death_date
- 22 June 1498 (aged 64–65)
- Writer.death_place
- Herat, Timurid Empire
- Writer.occupation
- Historian
- Writer.notable_works
- Rawżat aṣ-ṣafāʾ
- Writer.relatives
- Khvandamir (grandson)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Muhammad
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Timurid Empire
- Place of birth
- Balkh
- Place of death
- Herat
- Occupation
- historian
- Languages spoken
- Persian
- Religion
- Islam
- Notable work
- Rawzat as-Safa
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- date of birth
- 1433-00-00
- date of death
- 1498-00-00
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- relative
- Muhammad Khwandamir
- P13311
- Saint-Étienne
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Life
- {{Transliteration|fa|Rawżat aṣ-ṣafāʾ}}
- References
- Sources
Muhammad ibn Khvandshah ibn Mahmud, more commonly known as Mirkhvand (, also transliterated as Mirkhwand; 1433/34 – 1498), was a Persian historian active during the reign of the Timurid ruler Sultan Husayn Bayqara (). He is principally known for his universal history, the ("The garden of purity"), which he wrote under the patronage of the high-ranking functionary Ali-Shir Nava'i (died 1501). According to the German orientalist Bertold Spuler, the is the greatest universal history in Persian regarding the Islamic world.
==Life== Born in in the city of Bukhara in Timurid-ruled Transoxiana, Mirkhvand belonged to a family of , descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was the son of Burhan al-Din Khvandshah (died 1466/7), who was a disciple of the Sufi shaykh Baha al-Din Umar Jaghara'i (died 1453) in the city of Herat, where Mirkhvand's family had distinguished themselves. Mirkhvand's brother was the (head of religious fundings) of the Timurid crown prince Badi' al-Zaman Mirza (died 1514), the eldest son of the incumbent ruler Sultan Husayn Bayqara ().
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