Introduction Birgitt Hoffmann: Speaking about Oneself: Autobiographical Statements in the Works of Rashīd al-DīnMika Natif, Rashīd al-Dīn’s alter ego: the Seven Paintings of Moses in Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh Kazuhiko Shiraiwa: Rashīd al-Dīn’s Primary Sources in Compiling the Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh; a Tentative Survey Judith Pfeiffer: The Canonization of Cultural Memory: Ghāzān Khan, Rashīd al-Dīn, and the Construction of the Mongol Past Reuven Amitai: Rashīd al-Dīn as a Historian of the Mamluks Hodong Kim: Reappraisal of the ‘Register of Chiliarchies’ in Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh Leigh Chipman: A Tale of Two Doctors: Rashīd al-Dīn and Quṭb al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī Vivienne Lo and Yidan Wang: A Comparative Study of Rashīd al-Dīn’s Tansūqnāma and its Chinese Sources Anna Akasoy: The Buddha and the Straight Path. Rashīd al-Dīn’s Life of the Buddha: Islamic Perspectives Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim: Life of the Buddha, Some Tibetan Perspectives Ron Sela: Rashīd al-Dīn’s Historiographical Legacy in the Muslim World Christopher Atwood: Mongols, Arabs, Kurds, and Franks: Rashīd al-Dīn’s Comparative Anthropology of Tribal Society