Shabankara'i
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Shabankara, Fars, Ilkhanate
Shabankara'i | |
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| Born | c. 1298 Shabankara, Fars, Ilkhanate |
| Died | c. 1358 |
| Occupation | Poet, historian |
| Notable works | Majma‛ al-ansāb fī l- tawārīkh |
Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad Shabankara'i (Persian: محمد بن علی بن محمد شبانکرائی; c. 1298–1358), better known as Shabankara'i (شبانکارایی) was a Persian[1][2] poet and historian of Kurdish origin.[2] He wrote in the Persian language and flourished during the late Ilkhanate era.[2]
Born in c. 1298,[2] Shabankara'i was a native of the district of Shabankara (in the southern Iranian region of Fars), which was conquered by the Mongols in 1258.[3] In 1332 or 1333, Shabankara'i completed his general history Majma‛ al-ansāb fī l- tawārīkh ("A Collection of Genealogies in the Histories"), which was dedicated to Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad, the Persian vizier of the Ilkhanate ruler Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan (r. 1316–1335). However, the work was destroyed during a ransacking of the vizier's house due to the disorder that followed after Abu Sa'id's death.[4][5] Shabankara'i thus wrote a second version of the work on 17 December 1337. He also composed a third version in 1343, which was dedicated to the Chobanid prince Pir Husayn.[2] The Majma‛ al-ansāb is notable for containing valuable information about the reign of Öljaitü (r. 1304–1316) and Abu Sa'id.[5] Not long after Shabankara'i's death in c. 1358, a certain Ghiyath al-Din ibn Ali Faryumadi from Gurgan or Khurasan, wrote a short continuation of the Majma‛ al-ansāb, which reports about the history of the Sarbadars and the local dynasties of Khurasan during the mid-to-late 14th century.[2]