The Ta'ríkh-i-guzída : or, "Select history" of Hamdul̓láh Mustawfí-i-Qazwíní, compiled in A.H. 730 (A.D. 1330), and now reproduced in fac-simile from a manuscript dated A.H. 857 (A.D. 1453) / with an introduction by Edward G. Browne.

The Ta'ríkh-i-guzída, or, "Select history" of Hamdul̓láh Mustawfí-i-Qazwíní, compiled in A.H. 730 (A.D. 1330), and now reproduced in fac-simile from a manuscript dated A.H. 857 (A.D. 1453) / with an introduction by Edward G. Browne.

  • Ḥamd Allāh Mustawfī Qazvīnī, active 1330-1340.
Date:
1910-13
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Credit: The Ta'ríkh-i-guzída, or, "Select history" of Hamdul̓láh Mustawfí-i-Qazwíní, compiled in A.H. 730 (A.D. 1330), and now reproduced in fac-simile from a manuscript dated A.H. 857 (A.D. 1453) / with an introduction by Edward G. Browne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    >3 practised various unnatural crimes, of some of which the perpetrators are still called Rass and Sa'tari. God finally- destroyed them all by thirst, and by the arrows which they would have shot at Handhala. Abraham, called Khalihi'lldh (31). Genealogy of Abraham. His father Azar was Nimrod’s wazir. The astrologers foretell the birth in Nimrod’s time of a prophet who will cause his destruction, and Nimrod consequently orders a massacre of all male children born at that period. Abraham was hidden by his mother in the place now called Birs [Nimriid] near Kiifa, which the author visited. At the age of seven he emerged from the cave where he was hidden, and, after worshipping the heavenly bodies, he is guided to the worship of God. He preaches to Nimrod and denounces idol-worship. At the suggestion of Iblis, Nimrod casts Abraham by means of a great catapult into the fire. He refuses help from the angel Gabriel, and the fire is turned into a rose-garden, whence he emerged safe and sound, being at that time 60 years of age. Nimrod, desiring to make war on God, constructs an aeriel car drawn by vultures, and from it (32) discharges an arrow towards heaven, which returns to him stained with blood, Nimrod (whom some identify with the Persian Ka’us) increases in arrogance and claims to be God. Abraham with his wife Sara (who is also his cousin, and the most beautiful of women) and his family and retainers retires from Babel to Egypt. The king of Egypt, Sinan b. ‘^Ulwan desires Sara for himself, and takes her from Abraham, but is divinely prevented from touching her. He restores her to Abraham, and presents Hagar to her. They retire from Egypt to Palestine. A bag of sand miraculously turned to flour. (33) Why Abraham is entitled Khalilii lldh (“the Friend of God”). Nimrod, renewing his rebellion against God, is des-