f 257r Rashîd ad-Dîn, Jâme’al-tavârikh.Herât (Afghanistan) c.1430-34 BnF persan 1113 History of the Mongols.The powerful vizier Rashid ad-Din (c.1247-1318)wrote for the ilkhanid Ruler Ghazan (1271-1304)an universal history of which illustrated copies in Arabic & Persian were to be produced every year. This one, copied a century later-which testifies to the durability of his work-is inspired by earlier models, interpreted according to the style of the time.
