Hamdallah Mustawfi
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Mausoleum of Hamdollah Mostowfi. Qazvin, Iran.
Hamdollah Mostowfi (1281–1349; Persian: حمدالله مستوفى) was a Persian[1][2] historian, geographer and epic poet.
Mostowfi is the author of Nozhat ol-Gholub (نزهه القلوب), Zafar-Nameh (ظفرنامه), and the Tarikh e Gozideh (تاريخ گزيده). His tomb is a structure with a blue turquoise conical dome, at Qazvin.
Effect of Illkhanate rule
In his works regarding the history of Tabriz, Hamdallah Mustawfi mentioned that before the arrival of the Mongols the people of Tabriz spoke Pahalavi Persian and later began to speak Adhari Turkish during Illkhanate rule. Hamdallah Mustawfi mentions that the people of Maragha, Zanjan and Ardabil had their own Persian dialects.
See also
- List of Iranian scientists
References and notes
- ↑ André Godard, "The art of Iran", Praeger, 1965. pg 234: "Hamd Allah Mustawfi Qazwini. Persian historian and geographer, born in 680 H (AD 1281-1282). "
- ↑ Carole Hillenbrand, "Turkish myth and muslim symbol: the battle of Manzikert", Edinburgh University Press, 2007. pg 97: "The Persian chronicler Hamdallah .."
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