Minhādsch ad-Dīn Jūzdschānī

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Abū ʿAmr Minhādsch ad-Dīn ʿUthmān ibn Sirādsch ad-Dīn Muhammad Jūzdschānī ( Persian ابو عمرو منهاج الدين عثمان بن سراج الدين محمد جوزجاني, DMG Abū ʿAmr Minhāǧ ad-Dīn ʿUṯmān ibn Sirāǧ ad-Dīn Muḥammad Ǧūzǧānī , also called Minhadsch-i Siradsch for short , * 1193 in Ghur , died in the second half of the 13th century in Delhi ) was a Persian chronicler of the 13th century Century, whose family came from Dschuzdschan . Among other things, he served the Ghurids , Nasrids and Delhi Sultans and until 1260 wrote the work Tabaqat-i Nasiri , which is an important source for the life of Genghis Khan and the history of the Mongols.

Web links

  • Tabaqat-i Nasiri
  • Digitized by W. Nassau Lees (ed.): Minhaǧ Ibn-Sirāǧ Ǧūzǧānī: The Tabaqáti Násiri of Aboo 'Omar Minháj-al-dín Othmán, ibn Siráj al-dín al-Ǧuzǧānī, Calcutta 1864.
personal data
SURNAME Minhādsch ad-Dīn Jūzdschānī
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Minhaj ad-Din Abu Amr Uthman ibn Siraj ad-Din Muhammad Juzdschani (full name); Minhaj-i Siraj; Tabaqat-i Nasiri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Persian chronicler
DATE OF BIRTH 1193
PLACE OF BIRTH Ghur
DATE OF DEATH 13th Century
Place of death Delhi