Compendio de Crónicas, de Rashid al-Din. Conquista mongol de Bagdad

Rashid al-Din Tabib also Rashid ad-Din Fadhlullah Hamadani (1247–1318) , was a Persian physician of Jewish origin, polymath and historian, who wrote an enormous Islamic history, the Jami al tawarikh in the Persian language often considered a landmark in intercultural historiograhy and a key document on the Ilkhanids (13th and 14th century). In 1980, an illuminated version of this manuscript in Arabic was sold at Sotheby's to Nasser David Khalili for £850,000, the then highest price ever paid for an Arabic manuscript.

His encyclopedic knowledge of a wide range of cultures from Mongolia to China to the Steppes of Central Eurasia to Persia, the Arab lands, and Europe, provide the most direct access to information on the late Mongol era. His descriptions also highlight the manner in which the Mongol Empire and its emphasis on trade resulted in an atmosphere of cultural and religious exchange and intellectual ferment, resulting in the transmission of a host of ideas from East to West and vice versa. Historian Morris Rossabi calls Rashid-al-Din: "arguably the most distinguished figure in Persia during Mongolian rule".

Biography
Rashid al-Din Monafiq was born into a Jewish family at Hamadan. His grandfather had been a courtier to the founder Ilkhanate ruler Hulagu Khan and Rashid al-Din's father was an apothecary in the court. He converted to Islam around the age of thirty.

Rashid was trained as a physician and started service under Hulagu's son Abaqa. He rose to become the Grand Vizier Ilkhanid court at Soltaniyeh, near Qazvin. He served as vizier and physician under the Ilkhanate emperors Mahmud Ghazan, Oljeitu, before he fell to court intrigues under Abu Sa'id, who had him killed at the age of seventy.

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Polymath

A polymath is a person whose knowledge is not restricted to one subject area. In less formal terms, a polymath may simply refer to someone who is very knowledgeable....
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The Jami al-tawarikh or Universal History is an Iranian work of literature and history written by Rashid al-Din at the start of the 14th century....
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Historiography

Historiography is the aspect of semiotics that is the study of how knowledge of the past, recent or distant, is obtained and transmitted. Broadly speaking, historiography examines the writing of history and the use of historical methods, drawing upon such elements such as authorship, sourcing, interpretation, style, bias, and audience....
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Nasser David Khalili

Professor Nasser David Khalili is a British Iranian property developer, art collector, and philanthropist, based in London. He holds both United Kingdom and United States citizenship....

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Mongol Empire

The Mongol Empire was the List of largest empires#Contiguous Empires empire and the largest bar none. It emerged from the unification of Mongols and Turkic peoples tribes in modern day Mongolia, and grew through Mongol invasions, after Genghis Khan had been proclaimed ruler of all Mongols in 1206....
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Hulagu Khan

Hulagu Khan, also known as Hulagu, H?leg? or Hulegu , was a Mongols ruler who conquered much of Southwest Asia. Son of Tolui and the Kerait princess Sorghaghtani Beki, he was a grandson of Genghis Khan, and the brother of Arik Boke, M?ngke Khan and Kublai Khan....
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Grand Vizier

Grand Vizier, in Turkish language Sadr-i Azam or Serdar-i Ekrem , deriving from the Arabic language word wazir 'vizier' , was the greatest minister of the Sultan, with absolute power of attorney and, in principle, dismissable only by the Sultan himself....
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Soltaniyeh

Soltaniyeh situated in the Zanjan Province of Iran, some 240 km to the north-west from Tehran, used to be the capital of Ilkhanid rulers of Persia in the 14th century....
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Qazvin

Qazvin is the largest city and capital of the Qazvin province in Iran with an estimated population of 331,409 in 2005. ...
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Vizier

A Vizier , is a term for a high-ranking political advisor or minister, often to a Muslim monarch such as a Caliph, or Sultan. It sometimes refers to ministers and advisors of the Persian Empire's Shahs....
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Mahmud Ghazan

Mahmud Ghazan or Qazaan the Khan of the Tartars , was the seventh ruler of the Mongol Empire Ilkhanate division in Iran from 1295 to 1304. Western chroniclers sometimes referred to him as Casanus or Cassanus....