The Tarikh-i guzida or Tarikh e Gozideh, is a compendium of Islamic history from the creation of the world until 1329(729 AH), written by Hamdallah Qazvini

Hamdollah Mostowfi

Hamdollah Mostowfi was a Persian historian, geographer and epic poet.Mostowfi is the author of Nozhat ol-Gholub , Zafar-Nameh , and the Tarikh e Gozideh . His tomb is a structure with a blue turquoise conical dome, at Qazvin.-References and notes:...

(Khwaja Hamid Ullah Mustaufi) and finished in 1330. It was written in a dry simple style and dedicated to Ghiyah al-Din, son of Rashid al-Din.

Content

The Tarikh-i guzida contains the history of the Islamic world, from the creation of the world up to 1329(729 AH). The introduction includes the creation of the world followed by six sections;

1)The prophets

2)Persian Kings before Muhammad

Muhammad

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3)Muhammad and caliphs

4)Persia and other lands ruled by Muslim dynasties

5)Poets and scholars

6)Region and history of Kazwin(Qazvin)

Also mentioned is the Mongol invasion

Mongol invasion of Central Asia

The Mongol invasion of Central Asia occurred after the unification of the Mongol and Turkic tribes on Mongolian plateau in 1206. It finally completed when Genghis Khan conquered the Khwarizmian Empire in 1221....

. Qazvini produced a world map in the Tarikh-i guzida which contained meridians. Qazvini declared the Afghans to be Israelites.

Modern era

The Tarikh-i guzida was very popular and numerous copies existed, of which many were found in European collections. It was partially translated into French in 1903 by Jules Gantin. E.G. Browne published a complete edition in 1910 and an abridged English version in 1913. In 1960, Abd al-Husayn Nava'i published a complete version of the Tarikh-i guzida.