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An erudite scholar, well versed in almost all the sciences of the day both ma' quliit and manquliit, an expert physician with extensive knowledge of herbs and drugs, both Unani and Ayurvedic, a seasoned diplomat with all the arts of fine presuasion, Rashid al-Din Fadl Allah represented the finest traditions of medieval scholarship and culture.
Sultan 'Ala'al-Din Khalji sent his nobles (I) For detailed information about his life and works, see Browne: Literary History of Persia, iii, pp.
(2) In a letter written from Multan to Maulana Qutb al-Din Mas'ud Shirazi, he thus states the purpose of his embassy : (View the image of this page) 01--:1 ( So that the attributes of the majesty of II-Khans and the details of their valour be conveyed to the ears of the rulers of the great cities and districts of that region and ( so that they be brought to the yoke of submission and the path of friendship.
Khwaja Rashid al-Din Fadl Allah is known to the scholars of Persian history and literature as the author of }ami'al-Tawarikh,6 a general history of the world from the earliest times to 1300 A.
One of the most distinguished scholars of Iran,7 Maulana Jamal a l-Din , who happened to be present there, suggested a reference of the problem to Rashid al-Din Fadl Allah.
If any single work of the 14th century can give a fairly complete picture of the main categories of Muslim thought it is no doubt the Asicilah-ica• Ajwibah of Rashid al-Din Fadl Allah.