2024, vol. 12, no. 3. Duman İ.

2024, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 674-685

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22378/2313-6197.2024-12-3.674-685

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   JĀME‘ AL-HEDĀYAT FĪ ‘ELM AL-REMĀYAT:
A FORGOTTEN SOURCE FROM THE ILKHANID PERIOD

İbrahim Duman
Yalova University
Yalova, Türkiye
ibrahim.duman@yalova.edu.tr

Abstract. Research objectives: To emphasize the importance of Jāme‘ al-Hedāyat fī ‘Elm al-Remāyat in terms of medieval Mongolian and Iranian cultural history and to contribute to the recognition of this important source in the world.
Research materials: The author of the article examines Jāme‘ al-Hedāyat fī ‘Elm al-Remāyat, the source of the research, and the current literature on the subject.
Results and novelty of the research: Mongol history studies in the world are quite advanced in the light of resources and research. However, many issues waiting to be uncovered and many resources waiting to be discovered are waiting for researchers. Most studies focus on political history where sources tend to provide more information. Nevertheless, although few, cultural sources written during the Mongolian states have survived to the present day. One of these sources is Jāme‘ al-Hedāyat fī ‘Elm al-Remāyat, written in Iran during the Ilkhanid period. It is an important treatise on archery history. The treatise was written in Persian. Although this source is a very rare source from the medieval Iranian period, it is not well known among researchers.
The novelty of this study is to introduce Jāme‘ al-Hedāyat fī ‘Elm al-Remāyat, an important cultural source of Mongolian and Iranian history, to the scholarly world and to identify the studies on this source.

Keywords: Mongol, Ilkhanid period, medieval Iran, archery, Persian sources

For citation: Duman İ. Jāme‘ al-Hedāyat fī ‘Elm al-Remāyat: a forgotten source from the Ilkhanid period. Zolotoordynskoe obozrenie=Golden Horde Review. 2024, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 674–685. https://doi.org/10.22378/2313-6197.2024-12-3.674-685

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE AUTHOR

İbrahim Duman – Ph.D. (History), Assistant Professor of the Department of History, Fa­culty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Yalova University (Bahçelievler Quarter, Çınarcık Yolu Str., Campus, Yalova 77200, Türkiye); ORCID: 0000-0002-1454-3052. E-mail: ibrahim.duman@yalova.edu.tr

 Received  13.05.2024  Revised  31.07.2024
Accepted  28.08.2024