Shiraz in the Age of Hafez: The Glory of a Medieval Persian City

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bibliography PRIMARY ARABIC AND PERSIAN SOURCES (Dates of publication are the Iranian solar year unless otherwise noted.) Ayati,Abd al-Mohammad,editor.Tahrir-e-Tarikh-e-Vassaf. Ayati has clarified and rewritten Vassaf’s bombastic and obscure original,and has created a valuable source on the complicated social and political history of Fars in the second half of the thirteenth century. Ibn Battuta,Safarnameh, translated by A.Movahhed.The author visited Shiraz in 1327 and 1347, and reported valuable information on Shiraz under the Mongols and the Injus. The account of his meeting with Qazi Majd al-Din Esma’il Fali is especially important. Ibn al-Balkhi, Farsnameh. Edited by Ali Naqi Behruzi. An important source for the history of Fars in the early Islamic period, written around 1100. Ibn Howqal,Surat al-Arz. Translated by Ja’far Sho’ar.A geographical work composed in the tenth century. Estakhri,Abu Eshaq Ebrahim.Masalek va Mamalek. A Persian version of a tenth-century Arabic work by an unknown translator of the eleventh or twelfth century. Beiza’i, Qazi Naser al-Din Abdallah b. Amr. Nezam al-Tavarikh. Edited by Bahman Karimi. A brief history of Fars, written in the late thirteenth century by the famous scholar and chief judge. Ja’fari,Ja’far b.Mohammad b.Hasan.Tarikh-e-Yazd. Edited by Iraj Afshar.Composed in 845/1441. Hafez Abru [Shehab al-Din Abdallah b.Lotfallah b.Abd al-Rashid Khwafi],Zeil Jame’ al-Tavarikh-e-Rashidi. Edited by Khan Baba Bayani.This work covers the period from the death of Hulagu Khan to 817/1414. The later, more detailed sections deal with the Timurids.Hafez Abru’s work is considered a model of historiography for its clarity , use of sources, and impartiality. Khwandmir, Ghiyath al-Din. Habib al-Seyr. Composed in 905/1499. Khowrmowji, Mohammad Ja’far Al-Hoseini. Farsnameh. 164 Bibliography Rashid al-Din,Khwajeh Fazlallah Tabib.Tarikh-e-Mobarak-e-Ghazani. Edited by Carl Yahn. A work by the noted physician and great minister of the Il-khans. Rashid al-Din, Khwajeh Fazlallah Tabib. Mokatebat-e-Rashidi. Edited by Mohammad Shafi’i. Ruzbehan,Abu Mohammad b.Abi Nasr al-Baqli Fasa’i Shirazi.Abhar al-Asheqin. Edited by Mohammad Mo’in and Henri Corbin.A work by Sheikh Ruzbehan Baqli (d. 1210), the great sufi master of Shiraz. Zarkub, Mo’in al-Din Abu al-Abbas Ahmad b. Abi al-Kheir Shirazi. Shiraznameh. Edited by Esma’il Va’ez Javadi. One of the key biographical and geographical sources of this book.Its exact date of composition is uncertain,with some parts completed in 1343 and others in 1356.It is sketchy in political history,but supplements theTarikh-eVassaf for the Il-Khanid period. Shirazi, Mo’in al-Din Joneid b. Mohammad Baghnovi. Shadd al-Izar fi Hatt al-Wizar ’an Zawar al-Mazar. Edited by Mohammad Qazvini and Abbas Eqbal. A basic source Bibliography 165 for this book. Although essentially a biographical dictionary, this work, composed in 791/1389,contains a wealth of valuable information on the geography,politics,families , and social life of fourteenth-century Shiraz. Qazvini’s notes to this work are in themselves masterpieces of scholarship.Ghani,for whatever reason,did not make use of this book in composing his history of the period. Shirazi,Isa b.Joneid Baghnovi.Moltames al-Ahba Khalesan min al-Riya [Hezar Mazar]. A Persian translation of Shadd al-Izar by the author’s son,usually known by its popular title of Hezar-Mazar. A very poor edition. Forsat Shirazi,Mirza.Asar-e-Ajam.Edited by Abdallah Tehrani.A nineteenth-century geography of Fars. Fasa’i,Haj Mirza Hasan Hoseini.Farsnameh-ye-Naseri. A virtual encyclopedia of information about Fars. This work is in two parts: the first, a chronicle of events in Fars from the Islamic conquest to the author’s lifetime (in the Qajar period); the second, a description of the physical and social geography of Fars. An invaluable work that would profit by a careful editing. Fasih Khwafi, Ahamad b. Jalal al-Din Mohammad. Majmal-e-Fasihi. Edited by Mahmud Farrokh.A chronicle of events to the year 845/1441.Although emphasizing the history of eastern Iran, this work is valuable for establishing the dates and order of events and for including information not found elsewhere. Qashani, Abu al-Qalem Abdallah b. Mohammad. Tarikh-e-Oljaitu. Edited by Mahin Hambali. 166 Bibliography [3.15...