Muhammad Khwandamir

Muhammad Khwandamir

Full name	Muhammad Khwandamir
Born	c. 1475 Herat, Khorasan [now in Afghanistan] [1]
Died	1534/37 buried in Delhi, India [1]
Era	Medieval era
Region	Islamic scholar

Ghiyāś ad-Dīn Moḥammad Kh^wāndamīr, Khvandamir, or Khondamir or Hondemir (Arabic: غياث الدين محمد خواندامير‎) (1475–1534) was a Persian Islamic scholar^[1] born in Herat, in 880 AH or 1475 CE,^[2] a grandson and successor to noted historian Mirkhond.

Biography

Hondamir, like his grandfather, belonged to the Herat literary circle of Timurid vizier Mir Ali-Shir Navai. In 1527 the Great Moghul Babur invited Hondamir to India, where he lived and died. Hondamir edited and completed 7th and 8th volums of the general history composed by his grandfather, and approximately in 1500 composed an extract from it "Holaset el-ehbar".^[3] Following the same pattern, in 1521 Hondamir composed for Ali-Shir Navai a three-volume general history entitled "Habib al-Siyar", and brought it to his time.^[4] Another notable work was "Al-Destour Voser".^[5] In the European languages, other works of Hondemir were not published.

Works

• Habib al-Siyar
• Elliot, H. M. (Henry Miers), Sir; John Dowson (1871). "24. Khulásatu-l Akhbár, of Khondamir". The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians. The Muhammadan Period (Vol 4.). London : Trübner & Co.. http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924073036745#page/n3/mode/2up. 
• Elliot, H. M. (Henry Miers), Sir; John Dowson (1871). "25. Dastúru-l Wuzrá, of Khondamír". The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians. The Muhammadan Period (Vol 4.). London : Trübner & Co.. http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924073036745#page/n161/mode/2up. 
• Elliot, H. M. (Henry Miers), Sir; John Dowson (1871). "26. Habib al-Siyar, of Khondamír". The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians. The Muhammadan Period (Vol 4.). London : Trübner & Co.. http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924073036745#page/n167/mode/2up. 

See also

• List of Islamic scholars

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Ghiyas ad-Din Muhammad Khwandamir - Britannica Online Encyclopedia
2. ^ Elliot, H. M. (Henry Miers), Sir; John Dowson (1871). "24. Khulásatu-l Akhbár, of Khondamir". The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians. The Muhammadan Period (Vol 4.). London: Trübner & Co.. p. 141. http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924073036745#page/n3/mode/2up. .
3. ^ Price D., Memoirs of the Principal Events of Mahommedan History, London, 1821, reprint General Books, 2010, ISBN 9781154139389, (partial English translation)
4. ^ Grigoriev, History of the Mongols from ancientest Times to Tamerlane, Conposition by Hondemir, St. Petersburg, 1849 (translation)
5. ^ Elliot, History of India, IV, 148-153

Persondata
Name	Muhammad Khwandamir
Alternative names
Short description	Historian
Date of birth	1475
Place of birth	Herat, Khorasan [now in Afghanistan]
Date of death	1534
Place of death