'If history relies upon written records produced by city- based literati, nomadic societies will always receive a hostile representation.' Would you agree with this statement?

Does it explain the reason why Persian chronicles produced such inflated figures of casualties resulting from Mongol campaigns ?

Solution

Yes, I agree with the statement .The reasons are:

(i) Persian chronicles produced inflated figures of casualties resulting from Mongol campaigns to prove their cruelty or to prove them as cruel assassins.

(ii) There were vast difference between The secret society of Mongol and macro polo’s Travelogues in terms of event and their descriptions.

(iii) Being the transcontinental span of Mongol empire, the sources were written in different languages

The nature of documentation on the Mongols and any nomadic regime makes it virtually impossible to understand the inspiration that led to the confederation of fragmented groups of people in the pursuit of an ambition to create an empire.