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Iran / Persia: Birth of a Mongol prince. Midwives to left, high-ranking females centre, astrologers with astrolabes right. Rashid al-Din, Jami al-Tawarikh, c. 1305 CE

Iran / Persia: Birth of a Mongol prince. Midwives to left, high-ranking females centre, astrologers with astrolabes right. Rashid al-Din, Jami al-Tawarikh, c. 1305 CE

The Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh, (Mongolian: Судрын чуулган, Sudar-yn Chuulgan; Arabic: جامع التواريخ ‎; Persian: جامع‌التواریخ ), ('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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