Tarikh-i Jahangushay

Frontispiece of Tarikh-i Jahangushay, depicting Ata-Malik Juvayni sitting and writing in front of Arghun Aqa, dated 1290. Located in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Suppl. Pers. 205).[1][2] This is one of the first Persian miniatures. The sky design with volutes is known as "Chinese cloud".[3]

Tārīkh-i Jahāngushāy (Persian: تاریخ جهانگشای "The History of The World Conqueror") or Tārīkh-i Jahāngushāy-i Juwaynī (تاریخ جهانگشای جوینی) is a detailed historical account written by the Persian Ata-Malik Juvayni describing the Mongol, Hulegu Khan, and Ilkhanid conquest of Persia as well as the history of Isma'ilis. It is considered an invaluable work of Persian literature.[4]

It is written in Persian, and is one of the earliest known examples of Persian miniature and the "Metropolitan style" of the Mongol Ilkhanid court, together with the 1297-1299 manuscript Manafi' al-hayawan (Ms M. 500) commissioned by Mongol ruler Ghazan.[5] There are no earlier known Persian illustrated manuscripts from before the Mongol conquest (with the possible exception of Varka and Golshah, which however was created in Konya, modern Turkey, at the time of the Sultanate of Rum sometime in the 13th century), although miniatures are known from Mina'i ceramics.[6][7]

  1. ^ Jaber, Shady (2021). "The Paintings of al-Āthār al-Bāqiya of al-Bīrūnī: A Turning Point in Islamic Visual Representation" (PDF). Lebanese American University: Figure 5.
  2. ^ "Consultation Supplément Persan 205". archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr. Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
  3. ^ Inal, Güner (1975). "Artistic Relationship Between the Far and the Near East as Reflected in the Miniatures of the Ǧāmiʿ at-Tawārīḫ". Kunst des Orients. 10 (1/2): 124, note 34. ISSN 0023-5393. JSTOR 20752459.
  4. ^ موسوی، مصطفی. «تاریخ جهانگشای» Archived 2011-12-06 at the Wayback Machine، دائرةالمعارف بزرگ اسلامی. بازبینی‌شده در ۲۰ نوامبر ۲۰۱۱. (in Persian)
  5. ^ Bloom, Jonathan; Blair, Sheila (14 May 2009). Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture: Three-Volume Set. OUP USA. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-19-530991-1.
  6. ^ Ettinghausen, Richard (1959). "On Some Mongol Miniatures". Kunst des Orients. 3: 44–45. ISSN 0023-5393. JSTOR 20752311.
  7. ^ Bloom, Jonathan; Blair, Sheila (14 May 2009). Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture: Three-Volume Set. OUP USA. p. 214-215. ISBN 978-0-19-530991-1.