Muhammad bin Ali Rawandi

Muhammad bin Ali Rawandi (Persian: محمدبن علی راوندی‎), was a Persian[1] historian who wrote the Rahat al-sudur wa ayat al-surur during the fall of the Great Seljuk Empire and the subsequent invasion by the Kharwarzmian empire.

Rawandi was from a scholarly family from Rawand near Kashan, and studied Hanafi fiqh in Hamadhan from 1174 to 1184.[1] As a calligrapher, Rawandi was brought to court to craft a Quran for Toghrul III and gained the sultan's favor. After Toghrul's incarceration, Rawandi gained the patronage of Shihab al-Din al-Kashani, who urged him to write the Rahat al-sudur. Rawandi had intended to dedicate his book to Süleymanshah II, but dedicated it to Kaykhusraw I, following the latter's accession as Sultan of Rum.[2] Later the Rahat al-sudur was translated into Turkish during the reign of Murad II.

Modern era

In 1921, the Rahat al-sudur was published by Muhammad Iqbal.[3] It was recognized by Iqbal, Edward G. Browne and Mirza Muhammad Qazwini as a source in other texts, namely Jami al-tawarikh, Rawdat al-safa of Mir Kwand and Tarikh-i guzida of Hamdallah Mustawfi.[3]

References

Hillenbrand, Carole (1995). "Muhammad b. Ali Rawandi". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W. P. & Lecomte, G. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume VIII: Ned–Sam. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 460. ISBN 978-90-04-09834-3.
Cahen, Claude (1978). "Kaykhusraw". In van Donzel, E.; Lewis, B.; Pellat, Ch. & Bosworth, C. E. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume IV: Iran–Kha. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 816. OCLC 758278456.
The History of the Seljuq Turks: from the Jāmi al-Tawārīkh : an Ilkhanid Adaptation of the Saljuq nama, Transl. Kenneth Allin Luther, Ed. C.E. Bosworth, (Curzon Press, 2001), 15.

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[Hillenbrand460-1] Hillenbrand, Carole (1995). "Muhammad b. Ali Rawandi". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W. P. & Lecomte, G. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume VIII: Ned–Sam. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 460. ISBN 978-90-04-09834-3.

[2] Cahen, Claude (1978). "Kaykhusraw". In van Donzel, E.; Lewis, B.; Pellat, Ch. & Bosworth, C. E. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume IV: Iran–Kha. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 816. OCLC 758278456.

[Luther15-3] The History of the Seljuq Turks: from the Jāmi al-Tawārīkh : an Ilkhanid Adaptation of the Saljuq nama, Transl. Kenneth Allin Luther, Ed. C.E. Bosworth, (Curzon Press, 2001), 15.