Ḥusām al-Dīn Khūʼī, Ḥasan ibn ʻAbd al-Muʼmin, active 13th century
Biographical notes
A scholar of Iranian origin who lived in the second half of the 13th century [1250-1300 CE]. His
nisba denotes that his origin is in the region of Khūy
(Iran) in north western Iran. According to some scholars, he was the son
of the famous painter ʻAbd al-Muʼmin Khūʼī , fl. 13th c.عبدالمؤمن خويى, who was active first half of the 13th
century [1200-1250 CE] and illustrated at least one of the folios in a manuscript Topkapi Sarayi, Hasine 841 of the Varka-u
Gülşah (see (Özergin_1970)). Little is known about his
early life and references to him only appear in his own writing produced under the
Çobanid dynasty of Kastamonu İ li
(Turkey) in North western Anatolia. He joined the court at some point before not after 1280 [-1280 CE] and appears to has
been an active member of the Çobanid court until the early 14th century [1300-1350 CE]. Most of his works
were written to be used in chancellery affairs and to leave a corpus that could be
used by officials of the court such as epistolary manuals (inshāʾ) and
Persian-Turkish and Arabic-Persian vocabularies. He dedicated some of these works
to rulers of Kastamonu İ li
(Turkey) and one to his own son Naṣr Allāh ibn Ḥusām al-Dīn
Khūʼī , نصر الله بن حسام الدین
خويى. The place and date of his dead are unknown but
appears to have been active during the early years of the 14th century [1300-1350 CE] century.
The work provides with four categories of texts that are appropriate for using
in letters to be exchanged but rulers. It also uses different citations from the
Qur’ān, hadiths, sayings of the four first caliphs and verses from Arabic poems with
Persian translations. Show more
This work is a catalogue of titles that should be used by officers, bureaucrats
and dignitaries. It also mentions their ranks and responsibilities together with the
salaries they receive and the places where they were appointed. Finally, it includes
farmāns (decrees) written on behalf of rulers. (See ) Show more
