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Sharaf al-Din Fazlullah Qazvini

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Source revisionOct 17, 2024
Entity authorityQ106520209 ↗
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Sharaf al-Din Fazlullah Qazvini (died 1339) was the author of the Persian language Mu‘jam fi athar muluk al-Ajam, a history of ancient Iran.

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Boroujerdi, Mehrzad (2013). Mirror For the Muslim Prince: Islam and the Theory of Statecraft. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0815632894. JSTOR 10.3366/j.ctt1j1w04g.

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