Abd-ar-Razzagh Samarghandi
Abd-ar-Razzagh Samarghandi ( Persian السمرقندي عبدالرزاق, DMG ʿAbd-ar-Razzāq as-Samarqandī ; born November 7, 1413 in Herat ; died July / August 1482 ), also Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi or Abd al Razzak Samarkandi , was a Persian historian .
Abd-ar-Razzagh spent most of his life in Samarkand , but also lived in India (1441–1444) and Gilan (1446). In 1463 he became Sheikh of Herat. His most famous work is the chronicle Maṭlaʿ as-saʿdain wa-maǧmaʿ al-baḥrain (مطلع السعدين ومجمع البحرين, 'Rise of the two lucky stars and the confluence of the two seas'), written between 1467 and 1471, which records the history of the Mongols , Timur and the Timurids between 1304 and 1471.
literature
- CP Haase: ʿABD-AL-RAZZĀQ SAMARQANDĪ . In: Ehsan Yarshater (ed.): Encyclopædia Iranica . Volume I (2), pp. 158–160, as of December 15, 1982, accessed on January 13, 2018 (English, including references)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article Абд ар-Раззак in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
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| SURNAME | Samarghandi, Abd-ar-Razzagh |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | السمرقندي عبدالرزاق (Persian); as-Samarqandī, ʿAbd-ar-Razzāq; Samarqandi, Abdur Razzaq; Samarkandi, Abd al Razzak |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Persian historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1413 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Herat |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1482 or August 1482 |