چکیده:
This article examines the book Tajziat al-Amsar wa Tazjiat al-A'sar, known as Tarikh-i Vassaaf; a work written by Sharaf al-Din Abdullah bin Fadlallah Vassaaf during the Ilkhanid period, which intended to continue the Jami' al-tawarikh (World History) composed by Ala al-Din Ata Malik Juvayni. Tarikh-i Vassaaf covers the events from 655 to 728 AH of the Ilkhanid period, from Hulagu Khan to the middle of the reign of his grandson Abu Sa'id; a government that spanned the territory from the Euphrates River to the Amu Darya and was fragmented and destroyed after Abu Sa'id. In this work, Vassaaf also provides other valuable historical information regarding other regions, including the Khans of China, the rulers of India, the Mamluks of Egypt, and local Iranian governments such as the Seljuqs of Fars, and he acts independently of his patron Rashid al-Din Fadlallah, who was himself a great historian, in writing the contents of his book. Until the nineteenth century, this book was read in the circles of educated and cultured Ottomans in Persian and was part of the curriculum and examinations of higher courses in Persian language and literature, and numerous commentaries were written on it. Additionally, great researchers such as Hammer-Purgstaller in Europe spent their lives correcting and translating it after discovering its existence and obtaining it. After reviewing the work done on this valuable work, the author of the article recommends the necessity of a critical edition of this work.
خلاصه ماشینی:
In this work, Wassaf also provides other valuable historical information regarding other regions, including the Khans of China, the rulers of India, the Mamluks of Egypt, and local Iranian governments such as the Seljuqs of Fars, and he acts independently of his patron Rashid al-Din Fazl Allah, who was himself a great historian, in writing the contents of his book.
The book Tajat al-Amsar wa Tazjiyat al-A'sar (The Division of Lands and the Passing of Days), a Persian chronicle from the early fourteenth century, was authored by the historian and financial administrator of the Ilkhanid period, Sharaf al-Din Abd Allah ibn Fadl Allah Wassaf (flourishing 728 AH / 1328 AD), which covers the history of most of the Mongol rule in the Middle East.
1 Despite covering a relatively short seventy-year period (655-728 AH / 1257-1328 AD)2, Tarikh-i Wassaf has received much attention: nearly one hundred and sixty known copies of Tajat al-Amsar are found in various libraries around the world, especially with accurate manuscripts in India and the Ottoman Empire, meaning in regions where the form and style of this work were specifically evaluated and admired.
77 Similarly, Delaborde (1625-1695), one of the few early Orientalists who extensively used historical sources in the Persian language in his work titled Bibliotheque Orientale (Oriental Library), to the extent that he was even reprimanded by his colleague Duquin (1721-1800),78 in fact, has mainly relied on later historians such as Mir Khand and Khandamir as his sources and references regarding Iran during the Ilkhanid period, and has known "Wassaf" essentially as a man of letters, not as a historian.
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