Wassaf

Also known as Waṣṣāf al-Ḥaḍrat

thumb|right|260px|Copy of Wassaf's Tarikh-i Wassaf, created for the Timurid Empire|Timurid prince, [[Baysunghur.]] Abdallah ibn Faḍlallah Sharaf al-Din Shīrāzī (; 1265–1328), called Wassaf or Vassaf, was a Persian historian of the Ilkhanate. Waṣṣāf, sometimes lengthened to Waṣṣāf al-Ḥaḍrat or Vassaf-e Hazrat (), is a title meaning "court panegyrist".

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Place of birth: Shiraz
Occupation: poet
Languages spoken: Persian
Religion: Islam
Field of work: history
Image: وصاف شیرازی.jpg

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date of death: 1329-00-00
date of birth: 1265-00-00
Commons category: Wassaf Shirazi
birth name: عبد الله بن فضل الله شرف الدين الشيرازي
name in native language: وصاف شیرازی

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Tarikh-i Wassaf
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A native of Shiraz, Wassaf was a tax administrator in Fars during the reigns of Ghazan Mahmud and Öljaitü. He is the author of the historical work Tārīkḣ-i Waṣṣāf, also known as ''Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tazjiyat al-a'ṣār (The allocation of cities and the propulsion of epochs).

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