Rashid al-Din. Correspondence (Perepiska), 1971. In Russian

Рашид ад-Дин.
Переписка. / Перевод с персидского, введение и комментарий А. И. Фалиной. (Серия: «Памятники письменности Востока», XVII).
Москва : Издательство «Наука», Главная редакция восточной литературы, 1971.
498 с. ; Обычный формат. Твердый издательский переплет. Тираж 2000 экз.
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Rashid al-Din.
Correspondence. / Translation from Persian, introduction, and commentary by A. I. Falina. (Series: "Monuments of Oriental Writing," XVII).
Moscow : Nauka Publishing House, Central Department of Oriental Literature, 1971.
498 pp. ; Regular format. Hardcover. Edition of 2,000 copies.

This 1971 scholarly edition is a monumental contribution to the study of the Mongol Empire and the Ilkhanid Dynasty, published within the prestigious "Monuments of Oriental Writing" series. The volume presents the "Correspondence" (Mukatabat-i Rashidi) of Rashid al-Din Hamadani, the legendary physician, historian, and vizier of the Ilkhanate. Compiled years after his execution, these 53 letters serve as both a crucial historical record and a masterpiece of Persian epistolary prose. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of 13th and 14th-century governance, including the arrangement of diplomatic missions, the administration of vast estates, and the regulation of trade routes spanning Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Across its 498 pages, the collection offers more than mere bureaucratic data; it includes didactic treatises and personal reflections that illuminate the intellectual landscape of the Middle East under Mongol rule. A. I. Falina’s rigorous translation and extensive commentary clarify the complex socio-economic relations of the era, from tax reforms to the intricacies of international relations between the Ilkhans and their contemporaries. Published by the Central Department of Oriental Literature at Nauka, this edition was issued in a limited run of 2,000 copies, primarily for academic and institutional use. For bibliophiles, historians of Iran, and scholars of the Silk Road, this 1971 imprint is an essential primary source that documents the sophisticated administrative machinery and cultural synthesis of the late medieval Persianate world.