Mīr-Khvānd

I Hwand (* 1433 † after 1495 in Balkh, Afghanistan today ) was a Sayyid and historian. Other forms of the name include Mirkhond, I Hwand ( Mīrḫwānd ), Muhammad Ibn Khavand Shah and Muhammad Bin Bin Mahmoud Khavendshah.

I Hwand made ​​himself famous by the large, written in phrases rich style historical work Rauzât ( " Pleasure Garden of fairness " ), have issued from which Friedrich Wilken and other multiple sections, so the history of the Samanids (Göttingen 1808 by Charles Defrémery, Paris 1845), the story of the Ghaznavids (Berlin 1832), the history of Bujiden (Paris 1835), the story of the Sassanids ( french by Silvestre de Sacy, Paris 1793) and the History of the Seljuks (Persian and German by Johann August Vullers, Giessen 1838).

Mirchonds grandson Chondemir ( Khwandamir ) ( 1475-1534 ), who during his lifetime his grandfather ( 1495 ) from his great work, an excerpt quintessence of news made ​​, himself has also published a history of the world: Habeeb - essijar ( written by 1521 ).

Literature (selection )

  • Johann August Vullers: Mirchonds history of the Seljuks. From d pers. for the first time over. and with historical, geographical and literary Note explained. ( "Historia Seldschukidorum "). Heyer, Giessen, 1837.
  • Charles Defrémery: Mīrḫwānd. Histoire des sultans Ghourides ( " Extraite de l' Histoire universelle de Mirkhond "). Paris 1843.

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  • Historian ( heyday of Islam)
  • Persian
  • Born in 1433
  • Died in the 15th or 16th century
  • Man
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