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Mir Khvand (1433‒98) was a leading 15th-century historian and historiographer in the service of the Timurid court at Herat, Afghanistan, under the patronage of Mir ʻAli-Sir Navaʼi. Mir Khvand wrote a world history in seven volumes extending up to 1506, the last volume of which was completed by his grandson, Khvand Mir, also a leading Persian historian. Histoire des Samanides (History of the Samanids) is a translation by the French orientalist Charles François Defrémery (1822‒83) of a part of the larger work. The book includes a brief introduction ...