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Rashid ad-Din Sinan was born between the years 1131 and 1135 in Basra, southern Iraq, to a prosperous family. [5] According to his autobiography, of which only fragments survive, Rashid came to Alamut , the fortress headquarters of the Assassins , as a youth after an argument with his brothers, [ 5 ] and received the typical Assassin training.
Rashid ad-Din Sinan, 12th century Syrian religious figure and leader of resistance to the Crusades Rashid al-Din Vatvat , 12th century Persian royal panegyrist and epistolographer Amin al-Din Rashid al-Din Vatvat , 13th century Persian physician
The full collection, known as the Majmu'ah, contains Bal'ami's version of Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari's chronicle, the Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh, and Nizam al-Din Shami's biography of Timur. These portions of the Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh cover most of the history of Muhammad and the Caliphate, plus the post-caliphate dynasties of the Ghaznavids ...
[2] [3] [4] Alongside his role as a formidable leader, Sabbah was an accomplished scholar of mathematics, most notably in geometry, as well as astronomy and philosophy, especially in epistemology. [5] [6] It is narrated that Hasan and the Persian polymath Omar Khayyam were close friends since their student years. [7]
He was commissioned by Ghazan to write the Jāmiʿ al-Tawārīkh, now considered the most important single source for the history of the Ilkhanate period and the Mongol Empire. [2] He retained his position as a vizier until 1316. After being charged with poisoning the Ilkhanid king Öljaitü, he was executed in 1318. [2]
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The word Paigah, which means pomp and rank in Persian, was a title given by the second Nizam of Hyderabad to Nawab Abu'l Fateh Khan Tegh Jung Bahadur in appreciation of the royal services rendered by him (According to many scholars, the first half term "Pai" refers to "Foot" and the remaining half term which is "Gah" refers to "the place to rest on."
The Architect's Apprentice (Turkish: Ustam ve Ben, My Master and Me) is a 2013 historical fiction novel by Elif Shafak, set in the 16th century Ottoman Empire.Shafak originally wrote the novel in English and assisted its translation into Turkish. [1]