Persian World Histories in the Mongol Era

Tomoko Masuya is Professor of Islamic Art History at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia at The University of Tokyo. Her research covers Islamic art produced in the vast area from Islamic Spain to Central Asia. She is the author of several books in Japanese and numerous book chapters and articles in both Japanese and English, most recently 'Archaeological Sources: The Ilkhanate' in Biran & Hodong (eds), The Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire, vol. 2 (Cambridge University Press, 2023). Osamu Otsuka is Associate Professor of Asian and African History at The University of Tokyo. He is the author of numerous books, chapter and articles in Japanese and English, including a jointly authored chapter, The Dustur a'l-Munajjimin as a Source of Early Ismaili History', in Orthmann & Schmidl (eds), Sciences in the City of Fortune: The Dustur al-Munajjimin and Its World (EB-Verlag, 2017) and articles in Journal of Persianate Studies, Studia Iranica, The Journal of Oriental Researchers and Bulletin of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan. Masatomo Kawamoto is Professor of West Asian History at Nara University. His numerous publications include articles in Bulletin of the Society for Western and Southern Asiatic Studies, The Journal of Oriental Researches, Orient and Bulletin of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan.

• List of TablesList of FiguresList of PlatesNotes on ContributorsNote on Transliterations and AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction Part 1: East Asian Approach to the Texts and Illustrations of the Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkhTomoko Masuya, Osamu Otsuka and Masatomo KawamotoIntroduction Part 2: Studies in Japan on the Manuscripts of the Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkhNobuhiro Uno1. History of the Transmission and Reception of the Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkh:From the History of the Mongols to the History of the WorldOsamu Otsuka2. A Systematic Classification of Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkh Volume One Manuscripts According to Text CharacteristicsNobuhiro Uno3. Tracing the Lineage of the Rampur Manuscript, A Copy of ‘History of the Mongols’ (Volume One of the Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkh)Nobuhiro Uno4. Reconstructing the Illustrative Programme of Volume One (‘History of the Mongols’) of the Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkh from a Comparison of Codicological VersionsMasatomo Kawamoto5. The Significance of the Rampur Manuscript of the Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkh:Chronology of Illustrations and Influences on Other ManuscriptsTomoko Masuya6. The Ceremonial Axe and the Timekeeper Bird in the ‘Yuan Palace Illustration’ of a Manuscript of the Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkhKoichi Matsuda7. Where an Angel Hears from the Buddha: Analysing the Ilkhanid Translations of the DevatāsūtraSatoshi Ogura8. Tārīkh-i Banākatī Reconsidered: Beyond Rashīd al-Dīn-centrismOsamu Otsuka9. Classification of Rawżāt al-jannāt fī awṣāf madīnat Harāt Manuscripts and Discovery of Text Unpublished in Critical EditionsMasaki SugiyamaAppendix 1: Annotated List of Manuscripts of Rashīd al-Dīn’s Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkh (Osamu Otsuka)Appendix 2: Correspondence Chart for Appendix 1, Shiraiwa 2000, Kamola 2019aAppendix 3: Annotated List of Manuscripts of Ḥāfiẓ-i Abrū’s Replacement Volume of the Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkh (Osamu Otsuka)Appendix 4: Correspondence Chart for Appendix 3, Shiraiwa 2000, Kamola 2019aAppendix 5: Critical Editions and Translations of Rashīd al-Dīn’s Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkh Referenced in This VolumeBibliographyIndex

This is an interesting collection of papers produced by Japanese scholars on the medieval historiography of Iran that will help to make their long tradition in Persian studies better known in the west. The papers deal with a good range of topics, centring the analysis on the works of Rashid al-Din but including also some very useful comparisons with authors such as Banakati. The core of the text is based on the Rampur corpus of manuscripts of the Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkh and focuses on aspects of manuscript studies, art history and history.