Muhammad Khwandamir

Ghiyāś ad-Dīn Muḥammad Khwāndamīr, Khvandamir, or Khondamir or Hondemir (Persian: غياث الدين محمد خواندامير‎) (1475–1534) was a Persian[2] Islamic scholar[1] born in Herat, in 1475 AD,[3] a grandson and successor to noted historian Mirkhond.

Muhammad Khwandamir
Born	c. 1475 AD Herat, Khurasan (now in Afghanistan) [1]
Died	1534/37 AD buried in Delhi, India [1]
Era	Medieval era
Region	Islamic scholar

Biography

Khwandamir, like his grandfather, belonged to the Herat literary circle of Timurid vizier Mir Ali-Shir Navai. In 1527, the Mughal conqueror Babur invited Khwandamir to India, where he lived and died. Khwandamir edited and completed 7th and 8th volumes of the general history composed by his grandfather, and around 1500 composed an extract from it "Holaset el-ehbar".[4] Following the same pattern, in 1521 he composed for Ali-Shir Navai a three-volume general history entitled Habib al-Siyar, and brought it to his time.[5] Another notable work was "Al-Destour Voser".[6] In the European languages, other works of Khwandamir were not published.

Works

• Habib al-Siyar
• Elliot, H. M. (Henry Miers), Sir; John Dowson (1871). "24. Khulásatu-l Akhbár, of Khondamir". The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians. The Muhammadan Period (Vol 4.). London : Trübner & Co.
• Elliot, H. M. (Henry Miers), Sir; John Dowson (1871). "25. Dastúru-l Wuzrá, of Khondamír". The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians. The Muhammadan Period (Vol 4.). London : Trübner & Co.
• Elliot, H. M. (Henry Miers), Sir; John Dowson (1871). "26. Habib al-Siyar, of Khondamír". The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians. The Muhammadan Period (Vol 4.). London : Trübner & Co.

See also

• List of Islamic scholars

References

1. Ghiyas ad-Din Muhammad Khwandamir - Britannica Online Encyclopedia
2. Donzel, E. J. van (1 January 1994). Islamic Desk Reference. BRILL. p. 212. ISBN 90-04-09738-4. Khwandamir: surname of the Persian historian Ghiyath al-Din; ca. 1475ca. 1535. His most valuable work is a general history from the earliest times down to the end of the reign of Shah Ismail.
3. Elliot, H. M. (Henry Miers), Sir; John Dowson (1871). "24. Khulásatu-l Akhbár, of Khondamir". The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians. The Muhammadan Period (Vol 4.). London: Trübner & Co. p. 141..
4. Price D., Memoirs of the Principal Events of Mahommedan History, London, 1821, reprint General Books, 2010, ISBN 978-1-154-13938-9, (partial English translation)
5. Grigoriev, History of the Mongols from ancientest Times to Tamerlane, Composition by Hondemir, St. Petersburg, 1849 (translation)
6. Elliot, History of India, IV, 148-153