Tarikh-i salatin-i Kart

Hafiz Abru (d. 833/1430) was a Timurid historian who spent the greater part of his active life in Herat. An accomplished chess-player, he was a regular guest at the court of the chess-loving Timur Lang (d. 807/1405). His works were all commissioned by Timur's son Shahrukh (d. 850/1447), whom he had joined at his court in Herat after his accession to the throne in 807/1405. Hafiz Abru is especially known for his Jaghrafiya, a fascinating combination of geographical and historical information on the Islamic lands in two volumes. The work published here is part of his so-called Majmu?a-yi Hafiz Abru, a universal history compiled from various sources. It is the account of the history of the Kart dynasty of Herat (643-783/1245-1381) based on, among others, Sayf b. Muhammad Hirawi's (alive in 721/1321) Tarikhnama-yi Hirat and Khatib Fushanji's (alive in 702/1302) Kart-nama, now lost. An important and rare source on the house of Kart of Herat.