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Also known as Muhammad ibn Khwand

Muhammad ibn Khvandshah ibn Mahmud, more commonly known as Mirkhvand (, also transliterated as Mirkhwand; 1433/34 – 1498), was a Persian historian active during the reign of the Timurid ruler Sultan Husayn Bayqara (). He is principally known for his universal history, the ("The garden of purity"), which he wrote under the patronage of the high-ranking functionary Ali-Shir Nava'i (died 1501). According to the German orientalist Bertold Spuler, the is the greatest universal history in Persian regarding the Islamic world.

Person · Open Library

Born
1433
Died
1498
Works
33

Top works

  • Ravzatu's-safâ fî sîreti'l-enbiyâ ve'l-mülûk ve'l-hulefâ (Tabaka-i Selçûkiyye)
  • Notice de l'histoire universelle de Mirkhond
  • Tarih-i Ravzatü's-Safâ fî sireti'l-enbiyâ ve'l-muluk ve'l-hülefâ
  • The History of Persia
  • Mirchond's Geschichte der Seldschuken

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Khulāṣat al-ashʿār wa-zubdat al-afkār. Volume 6.1

    · 2005 · cited 2x

  2. Khulāṣat al-ashʿār wa-zubdat al-afkār. Volume 6.9

    · 2013 · cited 1x

  3. Mīr Dāmād, Épître des éveils sur la création des actes

    · 2025

  4. · 2005

  5. Preliminary Material

    · 1966

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Key facts

Writer.name
Mirkhvand
Writer.image
Mir Muhammad ibn Khawand Shah bin Mahmud (Mirkhwand) (d. 1498 AD)- Rawdat al-Safa Fi Sirat al-Anbiya' Wa al-muluk wa al-Khulafa Safavid Iran, dated Muharram 1045, i.e. June 1635.jpg
Writer.caption
Manuscript of Mirkhvand's Rawżat aṣ-ṣafāʾ. Copy made in Safavid Iran, dated 1635
Writer.birth_date
1433/34
Writer.birth_place
Bukhara, Timurid Empire
Writer.death_date
22 June 1498 (aged 64–65)
Writer.death_place
Herat, Timurid Empire
Writer.occupation
Historian
Writer.notable_works
Rawżat aṣ-ṣafāʾ
Writer.relatives
Khvandamir (grandson)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Muhammad
Gender
male
Citizenship
Timurid Empire
Place of birth
Balkh
Place of death
Herat
Occupation
historian
Languages spoken
Persian
Religion
Islam
Notable work
Rawzat as-Safa
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date of birth
1433-00-00
date of death
1498-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Life
  • {{Transliteration|fa|Rawżat aṣ-ṣafāʾ}}
  • References
  • Sources

Muhammad ibn Khvandshah ibn Mahmud, more commonly known as Mirkhvand (, also transliterated as Mirkhwand; 1433/34 – 1498), was a Persian historian active during the reign of the Timurid ruler Sultan Husayn Bayqara (). He is principally known for his universal history, the ("The garden of purity"), which he wrote under the patronage of the high-ranking functionary Ali-Shir Nava'i (died 1501). According to the German orientalist Bertold Spuler, the is the greatest universal history in Persian regarding the Islamic world.

==Life== Born in in the city of Bukhara in Timurid-ruled Transoxiana, Mirkhvand belonged to a family of , descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was the son of Burhan al-Din Khvandshah (died 1466/7), who was a disciple of the Sufi shaykh Baha al-Din Umar Jaghara'i (died 1453) in the city of Herat, where Mirkhvand's family had distinguished themselves. Mirkhvand's brother was the (head of religious fundings) of the Timurid crown prince Badi' al-Zaman Mirza (died 1514), the eldest son of the incumbent ruler Sultan Husayn Bayqara ().

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