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This collection of essays brings together codicological, historiographical and art-historical studies of Medieval Persian history manuscripts. The main subject is Rash?d al-D?n's J?mi? al-tav?r?kh (Compendium of Chronicles). Considered the first 'world history', it was originally written in Persian in the early fourteenth century, when vast areas of the Eurasian continent were under Mongol rule. There is also a particular focus on Persian manuscripts preserved in India, which have heretofore been largely ignored. Though developed and sophisticated, Japanese studies on the J?mi? al-tav?r?kh remain mostly unknown outside of Japan due to the language barrier. In this volume, Japanese scholars offer their East Asian perspective on this and other West Asian histories for the first time in English, using not only Persian but also Chinese and Sanskrit sources.
Through a comparative analysis of a number of manuscripts, the volume tackles various questions concerning the production of texts during the Ilkhanid and Timurid periods. It reveals valuable clues regarding the sources used in historical writings, the process of writing, revising and illustrating the manuscripts, and the production of copies and recensions in the Persianate realms under Mongol rule.
Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Plates
Notes on Contributors
Note on Transliterations and Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction Part 1: East Asian Approach to the Texts and Illustrations of the Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkh
Tomoko Masuya, Osamu Otsuka and Masatomo Kawamoto
Introduction Part 2: Studies in Japan on the Manuscripts of the Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkh
Nobuhiro Uno
1. History of the Transmission and Reception of the Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkh:
From the History of the Mongols to the History of the World
Osamu Otsuka
2. A Systematic Classification of Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkh Volume One Manuscripts According to Text Characteristics
Nobuhiro Uno
3. Tracing the Lineage of the Rampur Manuscript, A Copy of 'History of the Mongols' (Volume One of the Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkh)
Nobuhiro Uno
4. Reconstructing the Illustrative Programme of Volume One ('History of the Mongols') of the Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkh from a Comparison of Codicological Versions
Masatomo Kawamoto
5. The Significance of the Rampur Manuscript of the Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkh:
Chronology of Illustrations and Influences on Other Manuscripts
Tomoko Masuya
6. The Ceremonial Axe and the Timekeeper Bird in the 'Yuan Palace Illustration' of a Manuscript of the Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkh
Koichi Matsuda
7. Where an Angel Hears from the Buddha: Analysing the Ilkhanid Translations of the Devatāsūtra
Satoshi Ogura
8. Tārīkh-i Banākatī Reconsidered: Beyond Rashīd al-Dīn-centrism
Osamu Otsuka
9. Classification of Rawżāt al-jannāt fī awṣāf madīnat Harāt Manuscripts and Discovery of Text Unpublished in Critical Editions
Masaki Sugiyama
Appendix 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 2019a
Appendix 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 2019a
Appendix 5: Critical Editions and Translations of Rashīd al-Dīn's Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkh Referenced in This Volume
Bibliography
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