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Making Mongol History: Rashid Al-Din and the Jami? Al-Tawarikh by Stefan Kamola (Hardcover, 2019)

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This book explores the historical contributions of Rashid al-Din, a Persian historian who worked in the Ilkhanate during the 13th and 14th centuries. It examines how Rashid al-Din's writings helped shape the understanding of Mongol history and identity. The author analyzes the interplay between narrative and power, considering the political context in which Rashid al-Din operated and the legacy of his work in contemporary scholarship. By situating Rashid al-Din within the broader framework of Mongol studies, the book illuminates the complexities of historiography and the construction of historical narratives in the medieval Islamic world. .

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This book examines the life and work of Rashid al-Din Tabib (d. 1318), the most powerful statesman working for the Mongol Ilkhans in the Middle East. It begins with an overview of administrative history and historiography in the early Ilkhanate, culminating with Rashid al-Din's Blessed History of Ghazan, the indispensable source for Mongol and Ilkhanid history. Later chapters lay out the results of the most comprehensive study to date of the manuscripts of Rashid al-Din's historical writing. The complicated relationship between Rashid al-Din's historical and theological writings is also explored, as well as his appropriation of the work of his contemporary historian, `Abd Allah Qashani.