Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
copy from the Garrett Zafarnama
m →‎top: Cleanup and typo fixing, typo(s) fixed: a 15th century → a 15th-century, 1370’s → 1370s, ’s → 's (3)
Line 1: Line 1:
[[File:Sharaf_al-Din_Ali_Yazdi._Timur_Besieges_the_Georgian_Castle_of_Gortin._Miniature_manuscripts_(15th_century).jpg|thumb|Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi, ''[[Timur]] besieges the [[Gori Fortress|Georgian Castle of Gorin]]'']]
[[File:Sharaf_al-Din_Ali_Yazdi._Timur_Besieges_the_Georgian_Castle_of_Gortin._Miniature_manuscripts_(15th_century).jpg|thumb|Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi, ''[[Timur]] besieges the [[Gori Fortress|Georgian Castle of Gorin]]'']]


'''Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi''' or '''Sharif al-Din Ali’ Yazdi''' ({{lang-fa|شرف الدین علی یزدی}}) (born Yazd, Iran—died 1454, Yazd), also known by his pen name Sharaf, was a 15th century Persian scholar who authored several works in the arts and sciences, including mathematics, astronomy, enigma, literature such as poetry, and history, the ''[[Zafarnama (Yazdi biography)|Zafarnama]]'', a life of [[Timur]], being his most famous(539).<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Monfared|first=Mahdi Farhani|date=2008|title=Sharaf al-Dīn 'Alī Yazdī: Historian and Mathematician|journal=Iranian Studies|volume=41|issue=4|pages=537–547|issn=0021-0862|jstor=25597488|doi=10.1080/00210860802246226}}</ref> He was born in the affluent city of [[Yazd|Yazd, Iran]] in the 1370’s. He devoted much of his life to scholarship, furthering his education in Syria and Egypt until Timur’s death in 1405 (1,19).<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sharaf Al-Dīn 'Alī Yazdī (ca. 770s–858/ca. 1370s–1454): Prophecy, Politics, and Historiography in Late Medieval Islamic History|last=Binbas|first=Ilker Evrim|publisher=The University of Chicago|year=2009|isbn=|location=|pages=1, 19}}</ref>
'''Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi''' or '''Sharif al-Din Ali’ Yazdi''' ({{lang-fa|شرف الدین علی یزدی}}) (born Yazd, Iran—died 1454, Yazd), also known by his pen name Sharaf, was a 15th-century Persian scholar who authored several works in the arts and sciences, including mathematics, astronomy, enigma, literature such as poetry, and history, the ''[[Zafarnama (Yazdi biography)|Zafarnama]]'', a life of [[Timur]], being his most famous(539).<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Monfared|first=Mahdi Farhani|date=2008|title=Sharaf al-Dīn 'Alī Yazdī: Historian and Mathematician|journal=Iranian Studies|volume=41|issue=4|pages=537–547|issn=0021-0862|jstor=25597488|doi=10.1080/00210860802246226}}</ref> He was born in the affluent city of [[Yazd|Yazd, Iran]] in the 1370s. He devoted much of his life to scholarship, furthering his education in Syria and Egypt until Timur's death in 1405 (1,19).<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sharaf Al-Dīn 'Alī Yazdī (ca. 770s–858/ca. 1370s–1454): Prophecy, Politics, and Historiography in Late Medieval Islamic History|last=Binbas|first=Ilker Evrim|publisher=The University of Chicago|year=2009|isbn=|location=|pages=1, 19}}</ref>


As a young man, he was a teacher in his native [[Yazd]] and a close companion of the [[Timurid dynasty|Timurid]] ruler [[Shahrukh Mirza|Shahrukh]] (1405–47) and his son [[Ibrahim Sultan ibn Shahrukh|Ibrahim Sultan]]. In 1442/43 he became the close advisor of the governor of [[Iraq]], [[Mirza Sultan Muhammad]], who lived in the city of [[Qom]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Sharaf ad-Dīn ʿAlī Yazdī (Persian historian) |url=http://www.britannica.com/biography/Sharaf-ad-Din-Ali-Yazdi |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online}}</ref>
As a young man, he was a teacher in his native [[Yazd]] and a close companion of the [[Timurid dynasty|Timurid]] ruler [[Shahrukh Mirza|Shahrukh]] (1405–47) and his son [[Ibrahim Sultan ibn Shahrukh|Ibrahim Sultan]]. In 1442/43 he became the close advisor of the governor of [[Iraq]], [[Mirza Sultan Muhammad]], who lived in the city of [[Qom]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Sharaf ad-Dīn ʿAlī Yazdī (Persian historian) |url=http://www.britannica.com/biography/Sharaf-ad-Din-Ali-Yazdi |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online}}</ref>
Line 7: Line 7:
Sharif al-Din rebelled against [[Shah Rukh|Shahrukh Timur]] in 1446-1447 when the government was vulnerable, but was later commissioned to different cities for his acumen. The later years of his life were spent in Taft, where he eventually died in 1454 (Monfared 539).<ref name=":1" />
Sharif al-Din rebelled against [[Shah Rukh|Shahrukh Timur]] in 1446-1447 when the government was vulnerable, but was later commissioned to different cities for his acumen. The later years of his life were spent in Taft, where he eventually died in 1454 (Monfared 539).<ref name=":1" />


Yazdi was directed to write a biography of Timur in 1421 known as the Zafarnama, completing it four years later in 1425. Timur’s grandson [[Ibrahim Mirza bin Ala-ud-Daulah|Sultan Abu al-Fath Ibrahim Mirza]] was patron during the completion of his father’s biography (Monfared 539).<ref name=":1" />
Yazdi was directed to write a biography of Timur in 1421 known as the Zafarnama, completing it four years later in 1425. Timur's grandson [[Ibrahim Mirza bin Ala-ud-Daulah|Sultan Abu al-Fath Ibrahim Mirza]] was patron during the completion of his father's biography (Monfared 539).<ref name=":1" />


==Translated works==
==Translated works==

Revision as of 14:36, 7 April 2020

Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi, Timur besieges the Georgian Castle of Gorin

Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi or Sharif al-Din Ali’ Yazdi (Persian: شرف الدین علی یزدی) (born Yazd, Iran—died 1454, Yazd), also known by his pen name Sharaf, was a 15th-century Persian scholar who authored several works in the arts and sciences, including mathematics, astronomy, enigma, literature such as poetry, and history, the Zafarnama, a life of Timur, being his most famous(539).[1] He was born in the affluent city of Yazd, Iran in the 1370s. He devoted much of his life to scholarship, furthering his education in Syria and Egypt until Timur's death in 1405 (1,19).[2]

As a young man, he was a teacher in his native Yazd and a close companion of the Timurid ruler Shahrukh (1405–47) and his son Ibrahim Sultan. In 1442/43 he became the close advisor of the governor of Iraq, Mirza Sultan Muhammad, who lived in the city of Qom.[3]

Sharif al-Din rebelled against Shahrukh Timur in 1446-1447 when the government was vulnerable, but was later commissioned to different cities for his acumen. The later years of his life were spent in Taft, where he eventually died in 1454 (Monfared 539).[1]

Yazdi was directed to write a biography of Timur in 1421 known as the Zafarnama, completing it four years later in 1425. Timur's grandson Sultan Abu al-Fath Ibrahim Mirza was patron during the completion of his father's biography (Monfared 539).[1]

Translated works

References

  1. ^ a b c Monfared, Mahdi Farhani (2008). "Sharaf al-Dīn 'Alī Yazdī: Historian and Mathematician". Iranian Studies. 41 (4): 537–547. doi:10.1080/00210860802246226. ISSN 0021-0862. JSTOR 25597488.
  2. ^ Binbas, Ilker Evrim (2009). Sharaf Al-Dīn 'Alī Yazdī (ca. 770s–858/ca. 1370s–1454): Prophecy, Politics, and Historiography in Late Medieval Islamic History. The University of Chicago. pp. 1, 19.
  3. ^ "Sharaf ad-Dīn ʿAlī Yazdī (Persian historian)". Encyclopædia Britannica Online.

External links



Flag of IranScientist icon

This biographical article about an Iranian historian is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sharaf_al-Din_Ali_Yazdi&oldid=949614084"