Karim al-Din Aqsarayi

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Karim al-Din Aqsarayi was a 14th-century Persian [1] historian and bureaucrat. He is principally known for his Musamarat al-akhbar wa-musayarat al-akhyar, a historical chronicle written in Persian, which mainly focused on Anatolia under the rule of the Mongol Ilkhanate. [2]

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