PM Modi presents rare manuscript on Mongolian history to Prez Elbegdorj
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday presented President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj a specially commissioned reproduction of a rare 13th century manuscript on the history of Mongols from the Rampur Raza Library.
The manuscript, called 'Jamiut Tawarikh', is one of the grandest projects undertaken by the Ilkhanate king Ghazan Khan (1295-1304) and was done by the king's wazir Rasheeduddin Fazlullah Hamedani, who wrote it in Persian and chronicled the history up to the reign of Oljeitju (1304-1316).
The breadth of coverage of the work often caused it to be dubbed as the first 'world history'.
The manuscript has over 80 fine miniature illustrations. No other copy of the manuscript is known to exist.