A COMPENDIUM OF CHRONICLES: Rashid al-Din's Illustrated History of the World

by Sheila S. Blair

The Khalili Collection owns one of the most important illustrated medieval manuscripts in the world, the Jami al-Tawarikh, or 'Compendium of Chronicles,' which was written by the 14th century court historian Rashid al-Din. The 59 folios in the Collection are reproduced here in color for the first time after their recent restoration and, together with those in the Edinburgh University Library, form a fragment of the earliest surviving Arabic copy of the work.

Genres: History

126 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1995

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by Sheila S. Blair
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Islamic,Rashid al-Din oTabib