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.

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  1. ^ 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). "
  2. ^ 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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