The Tarikhnamah is a history of the world and the oldest surviving work of Persian prose. This book examines it as a political and cultural document and why it became such an influential work in the Islamic world. | Mediaeval Islamic Historiography and Political Legitimacy by A. c.s. Peacock, Paperback | Indigo Chapters | Mediaeval Islamic Historiography and Political Legitimacy by A.c.s. Peacock, Paperback | Indigo Chapters