Mirkhond, Mohammed Ebn Emir Khowand Shah

Mirkhond, Mohammed Ebn - Emir Khowand Shah a noted Eastern historian, a native of Persia, was born in 1434, and died in 1498. He is the author of a work containing legends concerning Persian kings and sages, extracts of which were first published by Davity (Etats, empires, royaumes du monde). He also wrote a history of the Samanites, published in German by Wilken (Geschichte der Samaniden), at Gottingen, in 1808, and in French by Defremeny (Paris, 1845).