Abd al-Razzaq Samarqandi | |
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| Born | Kamal-ud-Din Abd-ur-Razzaq ibn Ishaq Samarqandi (1413-11-07)7 November 1413 Herat,Timurid Empire (now Afghanistan) |
| Died | August 1482(1482-08-00) (aged 68) Herat, Timurid Empire (now Afghanistan) |
| Occupation | Chronicler, Islamic scholar |
| Language | Persian |
| Nationality | Timurid |
| Notable works | Matla-us-Sadain wa Majma-ul-Bahrain |
Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī (Persian:کمالالدین عبدالرزاق بن اسحاق سمرقندی,Kamal-ud-Din Abd-ur-Razzaq ibn Ishaq Samarqandi;[citation needed] 7 November 1413 – August 1482) was aPersian[1] Timuridchronicler and Islamic scholar. He was for a while the ambassador ofShah Rukh, theTimurid dynasty ruler ofPersia. In his role as ambassador he visitedKozhikode in south India in the early 1440s. He wrote a narrative of what he saw in Calicut which is valuable as information on Calicut's society and culture. He is also the producer of a lengthy narrative or chronicle of the history of the Timurid dynasty and its predecessors in Central Asia, but this is not so valuable because it is mostly a compilation of material from earlier written sources that are mostly available from elsewhere in the earlier form.[2]
Abd-al-Razzāq was born inHerat on 7 November 1413. His father Jalal-ud-Din Ishaq was theqazi andimam of the Shah Rukh's court in Herat. He studied with his father and his elder brother Sharif-ud-Din Abdur Qahhar and together with them obtained anijazah (license) from Shams-ud-Din Mohammad Jazari in 1429. After the death of his father in 1437, he was appointed the qazi of the Shah Rukh's court.[citation needed]
Abd-al-Razzāq was the ambassador ofShah Rukh, theTimurid dynasty ruler ofPersia toKozhikode,India, from January 1442 to January 1445. He wrote a 45-page narrative of this mission to India. It appears as a chapter in his bookMatla-us-Sadain wa Majma-ul-Bahrain (مطلع السعدين ومجمع البحرين) (The Rise of the Two auspicious constellations and the Confluence of the Two Oceans), a book of about 450 pages which contains a detailed chronicle of the history of his part of the world from 1304 to 1470 and which takes much of its contents from other writings.[3]
Abd-al-Razzāq's narrative of his visit to India includes describing the life and events in Calicut under the Zamorin and also of theAncient City of Vijayanagara atHampi during the reign ofDeva Raya II, describing their wealth and immense grandeur.[4][5] He also left accounts of the shipping trade in theIndian Ocean during the 15th century.
Abd-al-Razzāq'sMatla-us-Sadain wa Majma-ul-Bahrain also included a detailed account of diplomatic relations between Shah Rukh's state andMing China.
In particular, it incorporated the first-hand account the mission Shah Rukh sent toBeijing in 1420–1422, written by its participantGhiyāth al-dīn Naqqāsh.[3]
Abd al-Razzaq al-Samarqandi: Persian historian; 1413-1482. He served several Timurid rulers in Samarqand and left a historical work which is an important source of information.
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