Iran/Persia: The fall of Baghdad to the Mongols in 1258. Watercolour painting by Rashid al-Din, Jami al-Tawarikh, c. 1305 CE. The Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh ('Compendium of Chronicles') or Universal History is an Iranian work of literature and history written by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani at the start of the 14th century.

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