Download or read book Mediaeval Islamic Historiography and Political Legitimacy written by Andrew Peacock and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-03-06 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tarikhnamah is a history of the world and the oldest surviving work of Persian prose. This book examines it as a political and cultural document and why it became such an influential work in the Islamic world.