A History of the World Conqueror

…opus, the Tārīkh-i jehān-gushā (A History of the World Conqueror, 2 vol., 1958), is one of the most important works of Persian historiography. Begun in 1252–53, the history includes sections on the Mongols’ two principal Muslim enemies, the Khwārezm-Shāhs (995–1231) and the Ismāʿīlīs of Alamūt (1090–1256), as well as…

Tārīkh-e jehān-goshāy (“History of the World Conqueror”) by ʿAṭā Malek Joveynī (died 1283) and Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh (“Collector of Chronicles”) by the physician and vizier Rashīd al-Dīn (executed 1318) are both outstanding examples of histories filled with valuable information. Although the writing of history became