About Wassaf
Lived 1265 – 1329 (aged 63–64). Wassaf was a historian and poet.
Copy of Wassaf's Tarikh-i Wassaf, created for the Timurid prince, Baysunghur. Abdallah ibn Faḍlallah Sharaf al-Din Shīrāzī (; 1265–1328), called Wassaf or Vassaf, was a Persian historian of the Ilkhanate. Waṣṣāf, sometimes lengthened to Waṣṣāf al-Ḥaḍrat or Vassaf-e Hazrat , is a title meaning "court panegyrist".
A native of Shiraz, Wassaf was a tax administrator in Fars during the reigns of Ghazan Mahmud and Öljaitü. He is the author of the historical work Tārīkḣ-i Waṣṣāf, also known as Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tazjiyat al-a'ṣār (The allocation of cities and the propulsion of epochs).
Tarikh-i Wassaf His history, Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tazjiyat al-a'ṣār (The allocation of cities and the propulsion of epochs)
Wassaf's florid style of prose is not easily followed by modern readers, and an abridged version entitled the Taḥrīr-i Tārīkḣ-i Waṣṣāf (1346/1967) has been edited by ʿAbd al-Muḥammad Āyatī.
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Who was Wassaf?
Iranian historian
When was Wassaf born?
Wassaf was born in 1265 in Shiraz.
When did Wassaf die?
Wassaf died in 1329.
What was Wassaf's occupation?
Wassaf was a historian and poet.
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