Abu al-Qasim Kashani
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Abu al-Qasim Kashani (died after 1324) was a Persian[1] historian from the Abu Tahir family, who was active during the late Ilkhanate era.[2] He is notable for claiming that the vizier of the Ilkhanate, Rashid al-Din Hamadani, had stolen credit for the historical work Jami' al-tawarikh. Although modern scholarship regard Rashid al-Din as the overall author of the work, he is generally considered to have been aided by several assistants, including Kashani.[3][4]
Kashani's major work is Tarikh-e Oljaytu (History of Öljaitü), covering Öljaitü's reign until his death in 1316. It is there that Kashani makes his allegations against Rashid al-Din. Since Rashid al-Din's account of this ruler in Jami' al-tawarikh is missing, whereas Kashani's work is complete, this gives some credibility to Kashani's claims.[3]
Editions
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Jones 2021, p. 10.
- ^ Soucek 1983, pp. 362–363.
- ^ a b Melville 2008.
- ^ Davud & Nazerian 2008.
Sources
[edit]- Melville, Charles (2008). "Jāmeʿ al-tawāriḵ I. The work". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition. Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation.
- Davud, Seyyed Ali Al-i; Nazerian, Amir Hushang (2008). "Abū al-Qāsim Kāshānī". In Madelung, Wilferd; Daftary, Farhad (eds.). Encyclopaedia Islamica Online. Brill Online. ISSN 1875-9831.
- Jackson, Peter (2017). The Mongols and the Islamic World: From Conquest to Conversion. Yale University Press. pp. 1–448. ISBN 9780300227284. JSTOR 10.3366/j.ctt1n2tvq0. (registration required)
- Jones, Tobias (2021). "The Objects of Loyalty in the Early Mongol Empire (Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries)". Iran. 61 (2): 196–220. doi:10.1080/05786967.2021.1915701. hdl:1887/3731983.
- Hope, Michael (2016). Power, Politics, and Tradition in the Mongol Empire and the Īlkhānate of Iran. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198768593.
- Soucek, P. P. (1983). "Abu'l-Qāsem ʿAbdallāh Kāshānī". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume I/4: Abū Manṣūr Heravı̄–Adat. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 362–363. ISBN 978-0-71009-093-5.