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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.
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 ...
Davud Agha was the chief imperial architect of the Ottoman Empire from 1588, [1] after the death of his predecessor Sinan, until his death in 1598 or 1599. [2] His works include various monuments from the classical period of Ottoman architecture .
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]
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
[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]
Michael Ofjord of AllMusic called Boomtown an "artful record, full of poetry and convincing stories of the hard times that many silently endured." He gave the record four and a half out of five stars, concluding that "one may not want to listen to this record to lift the spirit, but it is a strong reminder of difficult situations faced during what can be perceived by many as the best of times."
Rizpah (riz'-pa, "coal", "hot stone") was the daughter of Aiah, and one of Saul's concubines. She was the mother of Armoni and Mephibosheth (2 Samuel 3:7; 21:8–11).. After the death of Saul, according to the Bible, Abner was implicitly accused of having aspirations to the throne by taking Rizpah as his wife, resulting in a quarrel between him and Saul's son and successor, Ishbosheth.