Mirkhvand
Mirkhvand | |
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Manuscript of Mirkhvand's Rawżat aṣ-ṣafāʾ. Copy made in Safavid Iran, dated 1635 | |
| Born | 1433/34 Bukhara, Timurid Empire |
| Died | 22 June 1498 (aged 64–65) Herat, Timurid Empire |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Notable works | Rawżat aṣ-ṣafāʾ |
| Relatives | Khvandamir (grandson) |
Muhammad ibn Khvandshah ibn Mahmud, more commonly known as Mirkhvand (Persian: میرخواند, also transliterated as Mirkhwand; 1433/34 – 1498), was a Persian historian active during the reign of the Timurid ruler Sultan Husayn Bayqara (r. 1469–1506). He is principally known for his universal history, the Rawżat aṣ-ṣafāʾ ("The garden of purity"), which he wrote under the patronage of the high-ranking functionary Ali-Shir Nava'i (died 1501). According to the German orientalist Bertold Spuler, the Rawżat aṣ-ṣafāʾ is the greatest universal history in Persian regarding the Islamic world.