Characteristics of The Historiographical Method of Moein Aldin Yazdi in "Mavaheb-e Elahi"

Moein Al-Din Moallem Yazdi (The deceased 1387 AD) is a jurist, narrator and historian of Al-Muzaffar (1313-1393 AD), and the author of "Mavaheb-e Elahi« as the canonical source of the aforementioned post-Ilkhanate local government. Due to the vast historical information about some local governments in the 13th century, moral concepts, and literary and cultural affluence, this book deserves idoneous attention. The basic problem of this writing is the representation of Moein Al-Din Yazdi's historiography method, that is, the method of compiling and arranging historical data in writing Mavaheb-e Elahi, which is influenced by things such as the background of the historiography method of that time, the thought system, and the historian's point of view. In the current research, we are faced with the question of what are the characteristics of Moein Al-Din Yazdi's historiography in terms of writing method and basically, these methods used by Yazdi lead to writing chronicles. Has he written analytical and causal history? Employing library sources, the findings of this descriptive-analytical research assert that Yazdi's historiographical method in Mavaheb Elahi is in line with Iranian-Islamic historiography in previous centuries due to many similarities including providential and religious vision as well as the nature of court historiography. What's more, armed with an intelligent system based on historical, doctrinal and political insights, Moein Al-Din Yazdi has worked out an ornate and stilled history that enjoys features such as comprehensive approval of Al-Muzaffar rule, the magnanimity of Muzaffar rulers, praising the position of Muzaffarid Sultan, biased exaggeration towards some figures, attempt to provide historical data relevant to the Qur'anic concepts and religious hadiths as well as depicting geographical and cosmic information alongside analyzing events. Additionally, often including politico-military data, Moein Al-din Yazdi has mainly approached chronology and receded from the cause-effect standpoint. The arrangement method of contents and the order of expressing historical information in Mavaheb-e Elahi is based on the chronological sequence the same as that of common historiography (Hijri-lunar) in the Iranian-Islamic historiographical method.