Qualla: Rab'-e Rashidi: The Mongol University https://qualla.com/rab-e-rashidi en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:31 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/t/n/b/b/rab-e-rashidi-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Rab'-e Rashidi: The Mongol University https://qualla.com/rab-e-rashidi Rab'-e Rashidi: The Mongol University: Introduction https://qualla.com/rab-e-rashidi/ Photo credit Elmju, CC BY-SA 3.0. Rashid al-Din Hamadani was the chief minister of the Mongol Ilkhanid Empire, a physician-turned-statesman who served Ghazan Khan in Tabriz, the capital of an empire that stretched from Anatolia to Afghanistan. In the early 1300s, he poured a fortune into building something unprecedented: a vast academic complex in northeastern Tabriz that gathered the finest minds from Iran, China, Egypt, and Syria under one roof. He called it Rab'-e Rashidi. Students studied philosophy, science, and medicine. A workshop produced manuscripts, including the Jami' al-tawarikh, one of the most important works of world history ever written. Then, in 1318, Rashid al-Din was executed on false charges. The institution he built began to die.

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/n/b/b/rab-e-rashidi-wp/tnbb-rab-e-rashidi-the-mongol-university-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Rab'-e Rashidi: The Mongol University: An Endowment for Knowledge https://qualla.com/rab-e-rashidi/ Photo credit I took it myself., Public domain. The foundation document survives, dated August 1307, and it reveals a remarkably detailed plan. The endowment totaled nearly 50,000 dinars. Two professors led the academic program -- the senior one earning 500 dinars annually, his assistant 200. Ten salaried students received 30 ...

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/n/b/b/rab-e-rashidi-wp/tnbb-rab-e-rashidi-the-mongol-university-an-endowment-for-knowledge.mp3 0:06 2 full Rab'-e Rashidi: The Mongol University: Where the Great Shahnameh Was Made https://qualla.com/rab-e-rashidi/ Photo credit Elmju, CC BY-SA 3.0. The complex included a workshop dedicated to producing books -- an operation that was part scriptorium, part factory, part art studio. Here, early manuscripts of the Jami' al-tawarikh, Rashid al-Din's comprehensive history of the world from China to Europe, were created. In the 1...

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/n/b/b/rab-e-rashidi-wp/tnbb-rab-e-rashidi-the-mongol-university-where-the-great-shahnameh-was-made.mp3 0:06 3 full Rab'-e Rashidi: The Mongol University: The Fall of Rashid al-Din https://qualla.com/rab-e-rashidi/ Photo credit نامشخص, Public domain. Rashid al-Din's execution in 1318 came from what historians believe was a political conspiracy. He was falsely accused of poisoning Oljeitu Khan. The charges destroyed his reputation, and his foundation was plundered. His son Muhammed Ghiyath tried to revive the complex, expandin...

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/n/b/b/rab-e-rashidi-wp/tnbb-rab-e-rashidi-the-mongol-university-the-fall-of-rashid-al-din.mp3 0:06 4 full Rab'-e Rashidi: The Mongol University: Ruins Upon Ruins https://qualla.com/rab-e-rashidi/ Photo credit I took it myself, Public domain. Shah Abbas chose the site for a fort centuries later, including the governor's palace. By the end of the 17th century, those buildings too were in ruins. Today, most of Rab'-e Rashidi lies underground. What survives above the surface are masonry bases of fortifications -- it is u...

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