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Mirkhvand
Muhammad ibn Khvandshah ibn Mahmud, more commonly known as Mirkhvand (, also transliterated as Mirkhwand; 1433/34 – 1498), was a Persian historian active during the reign of the Timurid ruler Sultan Husayn Bayqara (). He is principally known for his universal history, the ("The garden of purity"), which he wrote under the patronage of the high-ranking functionary Ali-Shir Nava'i (died 1501). According to the Germanorientalist Bertold Spuler, the is the greatest universal history in Persian regarding the Islamic world.
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![Manuscript of Mirkhvand's ''[[Rawżat aṣ-ṣafāʾ]]''. Copy made in [[Safavid Iran]], dated 1635](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Mir_Muhammad_ibn_Khawand_Shah_bin_Mahmud_%28Mirkhwand%29_%28d._1498_AD%29-_Rawdat_al-Safa_Fi_Sirat_al-Anbiya%27_Wa_al-muluk_wa_al-Khulafa_Safavid_Iran%2C_dated_Muharram_1045%2C_i.e._June_1635.jpg)
Muhammad ibn Khvandshah ibn Mahmud, more commonly known as Mirkhvand (, also transliterated as Mirkhwand; 1433/34 – 1498), was a Persian historian active during the reign of the Timurid ruler Sultan Husayn Bayqara (). He is principally known for his universal history, the ("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 is the greatest universal history in Persian regarding the Islamic world.
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