Rashid al-Din Hamadani

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Rashid al-Din Hamadani was a prominent 13th–14th century Persian Jewish-born physician, statesman, and historian best known for his universal history "Jami' al-Tawarikh" written under the Ilkhanate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian person
historian
medieval historian
physician
statesman
vizier
accusation alleged poisoning of Öljaitü
advisorTo Ghazan
surface form: Ghazan Khan

Öljeitü
surface form: Öljaitü
birthName Rashid al-Din Hamadani self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rashid al-Din Abu’l-Khayr
built Rab-i Rashidi complex in Tabriz
surface form: Rab'-e Rashidi complex in Tabriz
causeOfDeath beheading
convertedFromReligion Judaism
countryOfCitizenship Mongol Ilkhanate
surface form: Ilkhanate
dateOfBirth circa 1247
dateOfDeath 1318
employedBy Ghazan
surface form: Ghazan Khan

Öljeitü
surface form: Öljaitü
employer Mongol Ilkhanate
surface form: Ilkhanate
ethnicOrigin Jewish
familyName Hamadani
fieldOfWork administration
historiography
medicine
genre universal history
givenName Rashid
influenced Islamic historiography
later Persian historians
knownFor Jami' al-Tawarikh as a major source on Mongol history
service in the Ilkhanid court
writing a universal history of the world
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic
Persian
mannerOfDeath execution
notableWork Compendium of Chronicles
Jami' al-Tawarikh
occupation historian
physician
scholar
vizier
placeOfBirth Hamadan
Iran
placeOfDeath Mongol Ilkhanate
surface form: Ilkhanate

Tabriz
positionHeld chief minister
vizier of the Ilkhanate
religion Islam
workPeriod early 14th century
late 13th century

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Sack of Baghdad (1258) describedBySource Rashid al-Din Hamadani
Mongol invasion of Poland describedBySource Rashid al-Din Hamadani
this entity surface form: Rashid al-Din chronicles
Ilkhanid art patron Rashid al-Din Hamadani
Rashid al-Din Hamadani birthName Rashid al-Din Hamadani self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rashid al-Din Abu’l-Khayr
Ghazan patronOf Rashid al-Din Hamadani