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Iranian and Persianate historians

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Ahmed Rasim

Ahmed Rasim (1865–1932) was an Ottoman and Turkish journalist, writer, and composer who wrote over a hundred books, best known for his Istanbul chronicles Şehir Mektupları.

Al-Utbi

Al-Utbi (Abu Nasr Mohammad al-Utbi) was a Persian historian and secretary at the Ghaznavid court who wrote the Arabic Kitab al-Yamini on Mahmud of Ghazna.

Bayani (historian)

Bayani, born Muhammad Yusuf Bek, was a Khivan poet, historian, and court official under the Khiva khans who wrote the Shajara-yi khwarazmshahi, a general history of Khorezm, before his death in 1923.

Fitrat

Abdurauf Fitrat (1886–1938) was a Central Asian Jadid writer and statesman from Bukhara who wrote in Persian and Uzbek and was executed in the Stalin-era purges.

Gardizi

Gardizi (Abu Sa'id Abd-al-Hayy b. Zahhak b. Mahmud Gardizi) was an 11th-century Persian historian in the Ghaznavid court whose Zayn al-Akhbar is the earliest surviving original Persian historiography.

Ibn al-Balkhi

Ibn al-Balkhi (ابن البلخي) was a Persian author of the Fārs-nāma, the oldest comprehensive Persian history and geography of Fārs, written under Saljuq rule; he died in 1116 or 1117.

Khvandamir

Khvandamir (خواندمیر), born Ghiyas al-Din ibn Humam al-Din al-Husayni, was a Persian historian of Herat who served Timurid, Safavid, and Mughal courts and wrote the universal history Habib al-Siyar.

Mehmet Fuat Köprülü

Mehmet Fuat Köprülü (Köprülüzâde Mehmed Fuad, 1890–1966) was a Turkish literary historian and politician who founded modern Turkish historiography and co-founded the Democrat Party in 1946.

Mizancı Murat

Mizancı Murat (Mizancı Murad), born Mehmed Murad in Dagestan in 1854, was an Ottoman journalist and historian who led the Young Turk opposition to Sultan Abdülhamid II.

Mohammad Qazvini

Mohammad Qazvini (محمد قزوینی; 1877–1949) was an Iranian scholar, a pioneer of critical text editing who prepared reliable editions of classical Persian and Arabic works.

Munis Khwarazmi

Munis Khwarazmi (Shermuhammad Munis; مونس; 1778–1829) was a Khivan historian, poet, and statesman who wrote the official history of the Khanate of Khiva, Firdaws al-iqbal, and served as chief mirab in charge of irrigation.

Wassaf

Wassaf was a Persian historian of the Ilkhanid period, born in Shiraz around 1264, who wrote Tarikh-i Wassaf, a five-volume history of the Mongol Ilkhans.