Ata-Malik Juvayni
Ata-Malik Juvayni | |
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 Depiction of Ata-Malik Juvayni writing, from a 1290 edition of the Tarikh-i Jahangushay. Located in the Bibliothèque nationale de France | |
| Governor of Baghdad | |
| In office 1259–1283 | |
| Preceded by | Guo Kan |
| Succeeded by | Sharaf al-Din Harun Juvayni |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1226 |
| Died | 5 March 1283 Mughan, Ilkhanate |
| Resting place | Charandab Cemetery, Tabriz |
| Relations | Shams al-Din Juvayni (younger brother) Sharaf al-Din Harun Juvayni (nephew) |
| Children | Mansur Unnamed daughter |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Mongol Empire, Ilkhanate |
| Writing career | |
| Language | Persian |
| Notable works | Tarikh-i Jahangushay |
Ata-Malik Juvayni (Persian: عطاملک جوینی) (1226 - 5 March 1283) was a bureaucrat and historian from the Juvayni family who served under the Mongol Empire. He is known for composing the Tarikh-i Jahangushay ("History of the World Conqueror"), an important account on the history of Central Asia and the 13th-century Mongol invasion of Iran.
Early life
Born in 1226, Ata-Malik belonged to the
Career
Just like his predecessors, Ata-Malik became an important state official. He visited the Mongol capital of
Ata-Malik was survived by at least one son, Mansur (died 1293) and a daughter who became the wife of the Sufi shaykh Sadr al-Din Ibrahim Hamuwayi, who played a key role in converting the later Ilkhanate ruler Ghazan to Islam.[1]
Siege of Alamut
Ata-Malik's brother was the powerful
Work and legacy
Ata-Malik's position at court and his family connections made him privy to information unavailable to other historians. For unknown reasons, Ata-Malik's Tarikh-i Jahangushay ends in 1260, more than twenty years before his death.
The standard edition of Ata-Malik's history is published under the title Tarikh-i Jahangushay, ed.
References
- ^ a b Lane, p. 63–68.
- JSTOR 4311297.
Juvaini, who worked as Arghun Aqa's private secretary from 1243
- ^ ISBN 978-0-521-87575-2.
- (1st illustrated reprint edition, published April 24, 1992).
- ^ Dashdondog 2011, p. 166.
Sources
- Lane, George E. "Jovayni, ʿAlāʾ-al-Din". Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. 15. pp. 63–68. Fascicle 1.
- Tucker, Ernest. "Jahāngošā-ye Nāderi". Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. 14. pp. 382–383. Fascicle 4.
- Zaryab, Abbas (2002). "Baghdad ii. From the Mongol Invasion to the Ottoman Occupation". Encyclopædia Iranica.
- Rajabzadeh, Hashem (2009). "Jovayni Family". Encyclopædia Iranica. pp. 61–63. Vol. XV, Fasc. 1
- Ashraf, Ahmad (2006). "Iranian identity iii. Medieval Islamic period". Encyclopædia Iranica. pp. 507–522. Vol. XIII, Fasc. 5
- Dashdondog, Bayarsaikhan (2011). The Mongols and the Armenians (1220-1335). ISBN 978-90-04-18635-4.
External links
- 'Ala-ad-Din 'Ata-Malik Juvaini (1958). ISBN 0674404009. Juvaini stopped working on the original Persian-language text in 1260, leaving it in a disorganized and incomplete state. Mirza Muhammad Qazvini completed the best text and published it in 1937. The 1958 edition (Boyle's English translation) is in two volumes. A book review of the 1958 edition was published by The American Historical Review.[1]A revised edition of the Boyle translation was published in 1997.
- ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn ʻAṭā Malik Juvaynī (1997). Genghis Khan: the history of the world conqueror. Manchester University Press ND. p. 763. ISBN 0-7190-5145-2. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
- . "Ata-Malik Juvayni" is the spelling of D̲j̲uwaynī's name used in the title of this English Wikipedia article.
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- JSTOR 1845462.