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Muḥammad Maʿṣūm Ibn-Hwāgāʾi Iṣfahānī

1597 – 1647

Iranian bureaucrat and historian

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About Muḥammad Maʿṣūm Ibn-Hwāgāʾi Iṣfahānī

Lived 1597 – 1647 (aged 49–50). Muḥammad Maʿṣūm Ibn-Hwāgāʾi Iṣfahānī was a court official and chronicler.

Mohammad Masum Isfahani (; –), was an Iranian bureaucrat and historian, who is known for his historical chronicle of Kholasat al-Siar, composed during the reign of Shah Safi .

Both the precise birth and death of Mohammad Masum is uncertain. Information implies that he was born in the final years of the 1590s. The Iranologist Kioumars Ghereghlou puts his birth date in . A native of Isfahan, he belonged to a family of landowners and bureaucrats, who were descendants and relatives of Mirza Shah Hossein (died 1523), who had served as the grand vizier of Shah Ismail I for nine years. Mohammad Masum Isfahani's father was Khvaja Ali-Shah, under whom he worked as an apprentice in scribing. When he was young, Mohammad Masum was keen on reading large chronicles and narrative sources in Persian and Arabic. He first joined the Safavid court at the age of 30.

Mohammad Masum died at Ganja during the early reign of Shah Abbas II . Ghereghlou puts his death date in .

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Important facts

Born
1597
Birth century
Died
1647
Occupation
Court official, chronicler
Also known as
Mohammad Masum Isfahani

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Iranian bureaucrat and historian

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Muḥammad Maʿṣūm Ibn-Hwāgāʾi Iṣfahānī was born in 1597.

When did Muḥammad Maʿṣūm Ibn-Hwāgāʾi Iṣfahānī die?

Muḥammad Maʿṣūm Ibn-Hwāgāʾi Iṣfahānī died in 1647.

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Muḥammad Maʿṣūm Ibn-Hwāgāʾi Iṣfahānī was a court official and chronicler.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Muḥammad Maʿṣūm Ibn-Hwāgāʾi Iṣfahānī

· Wikidata: Q55901253

· DBpedia: Mohammad Masum Isfahani

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