Ein Bestseller der islamischen Vormoderne
The Persian world history "¿abib al-siyar" is one of the most copied historiographical works in Islamic intellectual history. Written by the Iranian historian Khvandamir in Herat during the rule of the Shi¿i Safavids in the 1520s, the book was subsequently adapted to the religious and political expectations of his later patrons, the Sunni Mughals in India, and circulated through hundreds ...