Ata-Malik Juvayni
Atâ-Malek Juvayni (Persian: عطاملک جوینی; 1226–1283), in full, Ala al-Din Ata-ullah (علاءالدین عطاءالله), was a Persian historian and an official of the Mongol state who wrote an account of the Mongol Empire entitled Tarikh-i Jahangushay ("History of the World Conqueror").
Ata Malik Juvayni | |
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| عطاملک جوینی | |
Juvayni sitting and writing, in Tarikh-i Jahangushay, 1290 edition. His name "‛Alā al-Dīn", and title "Ṣāḥib [al-]Dīvān" (Minister of Finance) are inscribed next to him. Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Suppl. Pers. 205). | |
| Ruler of Baghdad | |
| In office 1259–unknown | |
| Preceded by | Guo Kan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1226 Juvayn, Greater Khorasan |
| Died | 1283 Mughan |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Mongol Empire, Ilkhanate |
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