The first history of the world was compiled by a Muslim of the thirteenth century

posted on: Mar 7, 2015

Rashid al-Din Fadl Allah was a famous Persian historian of the Ilkhanid* period. Born around1247 to a Jewish apothecary from Hamadan in western Iran, Rashid al-Din converted to Islam at the age of thirty. He enjoyed a long career in the Ilkhanid* court, starting as physician to Abakha (r. 1265–82) and rising to become a powerful vizier, a position he held for almost twenty years until his death in 1318. Rashid al-Din was learned not only in history but also in theology, philosophy, and science.

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