Tomoko Masuya, Osamu Otsuka, Masatomo Kawamoto (Eds), Persian World Histories in the Mongol Era. The Compilation and Transmission of Rashid al-Din’s Jami al-Tavarikh, Edinburgh University Press, 2026

Persian World Histories in the Mongol EraThe Compilation and Transmission of Rashid al-Din’s Jami al-Tavarikh Edited by Tomoko Masuya, Osamu Otsuka, Masatomo Kawamoto Examines how world histories were produced in Ilkhanid and Timurid Iran Presents Japanese scholarship on mediaeval manuscripts of histories written in Persian Analyses histories written in West Asia from an East Asian perspective Addresses authorship and methodology questions arising from different text version...