Hamdallah Mustawfi

Hamdallah Mustawfi
Bust of Hamdallah Mustawfi in Qazvin. His mausoleum lies in the background
Born	1281 Qazvin, Ilkhanate
Died	after 1339/40 Qazvin, Chobanid Amirate
Notable works	Tarikh-i guzida Zafarnamah Nuzhat al-Qulub
Relatives	Amin al-Din Nasr (great-grandfather) Zayn al-Din (brother) Fakhr al-Din Mustawfi (cousin)

Hamdallah Mustawfi Qazvini^[a] (Persian: حمدالله مستوفى قزوینی, romanized: Ḥamdallāh Mustawfī Qazvīnī; 1281 – after 1339/40) was a Persian^[2][3][4] official, historian, geographer and poet. He lived during the last era of the Mongol Ilkhanate, and the interregnum that followed.

A native of Qazvin, Mustawfi belonged to family of mustawfis (financial accountants), thus his name. He was a close associate of the prominent vizier and historian Rashid al-Din Hamadani, who inspired him to write historical and geographical works. Mustawfi is the author of three works; Tarikh-i guzida ("Excerpt History"), Zafarnamah ("Book of Victory") and Nuzhat al-Qulub ("Hearts' Bliss"), respectively. A highly influential figure, Mustawfi's way of conceptualizing the history and geography of Iran has been emulated by other historians since the 13th-century.

He is buried in a dome-shaped mausoleum in his native Qazvin, Iran.

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