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| | MELA Notes 64 (Spring 1997): Reviews of Books |
 | | This particular volume of the book, which like each of the previous two volumes is composed of four parts, begins with a history of the Mongols and Genghis Khan, his descendants, and the Ilkhans of Iran. |
 | | It continues to cover, in part two, the Mamluks of Egypt, Qarakhitai of Kirman, Muzaffarids of Shiraz, Atabegs of Luristan, rulers of Mazandaran, Sarbadarids of Khurasan, and Kurts of Herat. |
 | | The subject of the third part is Timur, his sons and grandsons, down to the time of Sultan Husayn Bayqara and his son Badi al-Zaman, under both of whom Khvand Mir himself served and was patronized by Ali Shir Navai, the Sultan's friend and close amir. |
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