Universal History

The Khongirad was one of the major divisions of the Mongol tribes, also known as Khonghirad, Qongirat, Onggirat, Ongirat, Qongrat, Khungirat, Kungrad, Qunghrãt, Wangjila, Yongjilie, Qungrat and Guangjila. They were the primary consort clan of the ruling house of Genghis Khan's Mongol empire.

The Jami' al-Tawarikh was commissioned by Mahmud Ghazan, begun as a history of the Mongols and their dynasty and then expanded to include history from Adam to Rashid al-Din's present day. It was completed during the reign of Oljeitu in 1307-1316. The Jami' al-Tawarikh is perhaps the single most comprehensive Persian source on the Mongol period. Sayf Al-Vahedi, who worked as painter in the workshop-library of Baysonqor (Bayasanghor, grandson of Timur), is the painter of the majority of the illustrations of this manuscript.