Iraq And Rum Sultans In The 10th–15th Centuries: An Analysis Based On The Tazkira Ravzat Al-Salatin

This article analyzes Fakhrī Hirāwī’s Rawżat al-Salāṭin tazkira as a literary and historical source. The study highlights the historical significance of the work, focusing on the creative legacies of the sultans and amirs mentioned, particularly their engagement with poetry. Various manuscript copies of the tazkira, their characteristics, and additional notes and materials inserted by scribes are also examined. Based on the fourth chapter – “On the Sultans of Iraq and Rum Who Occasionally Engaged in Poetry” – the article provides a detailed analysis of Sultan Uvais Ilkhoniy, Shah Tahmasp, and Sultan Ahmad Baghdadi. Their political activities, artistic abilities, poetic fragments, and the literary environment of their era are examined from a scholarly perspective.