{{Short description|12th century chronicle of Persian Kings}} {{italic title}} [[Image:Muhammad-Majmac-al-tawarikh-1.jpg|right|thumb|A copy of the book from Herat, dated 1425 CE. Depicted are Muhammad and the archangel Gabriel. Script is in Persian language.]] '''''Mojmal al-tawarikh wa-l-qesas''''' ({{langx|fa|مُجمل التواریخ و القصص|lit=The Collection of Histories and Tales}}) was a book written in Ghaznavid Persia (in c. 1126{{cn|date=October 2014}}).
The book is a chronicle mostly of Persian Kings, and is often cited as a source of reference for historical events of the 12th century and before. It refers to the classical Persian ''Shahnameh'' as the "tree" and all other poems as "branches".<ref>''The Development of Persian Culture under the Early Ghaznavids'', C.E.Bosworth, '''Iran''', Vol. 6, (1968), 41.</ref>
Some authors have claimed the name of the author to be ''Ibn Shadi Asad abadi'' (ابن شادی اسدآبادی).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.historylib.com/Main/ArticleDetails.aspx?ArticleId=87 |title=مقالات تاريخي |access-date=2007-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070131205106/http://www.historylib.com/MAIN/ArticleDetails.aspx?ArticleId=87 |archive-date=2007-01-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The book was first edited in 1939 by Mohammad-Taqi Bahar in Tehran.
Another book with the same title was written by ''Fasihuddin Ahmad'' in 1441.{{cn|date=October 2014}}
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==Sources== * {{cite book |last=Askari|first=Nasrin|year=2016|title=The medieval reception of the Shāhnāma as a mirror for princes |publisher=Brill|isbn=978-90-04-30790-2}} * {{cite encyclopedia | title = MOJMAL AL-TAWĀRIḴ WA'L-QEṢAṢ | last1 = Weber | first1 = Siegfried | last2 = Riedel | first2 = Dagmar | authorlink = | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/mojmal-al-tawarik | editor-first = | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica | pages = | location = | publisher = | year = 2012 | isbn = }}
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