Tarikh-i Jahangushay
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Tārīkh-i Jahāngushāy or Tārīkh-i Jahāngushāy-i Juwaynī is a detailed historical account written by the Ata-Malik Juvayni describing the Mongol, Hulegu Khan, and Ilkhanid conquest of Persia as well as
Frontispiece of Tarikh-i Jahangushay, depicting Ata-Malik Juvayni sitting and writing in front of Arghun Aqa, dated 1290. Located in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Suppl. Pers. 205). This is one of the first Persian miniatures. The sky design with volutes is known as "Chinese cloud".
Audience de Möngke. Manuscript copied in 1438 (Supp. Persan 206)
Möngke Khan
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Möngke Khan was the fourth khagan of the Mongol Empire, ruling from 1 July 1251 to 11 August 1259. He was the first Khagan from the Toluid line, and made significant reforms to improve the administrat
Tarikh-i Jahangushay
…after so commanded, by all the army. This was to form a model for the ruthlessness of Mongol attacks on well-established human settlements. Audience de Möngke. Manuscript copied in 1438 (Supp. Persan 206) An account of the tragic failure of a Chinese student – (Jiang Rong: "The Wolf") – to save a wild wolf…
Möngke depicted in the Persian Tarikh-i Jahangushay
The Mongol Empire during the reign of Möngke
"Struck by the Georgian King David in the name of his overlord Möngke, by the power of Heaven" (Persian, dated 1253)
Hethum I (seated) in the Mongol court of Karakorum, "receiving the homage of the Mongols". "Histoire des Tartars", Hayton of Corycus, 1307.