Tarikh-e Alam-ara-ye Abbasi

The Tarikh-e Alam-ara-ye Abbasi (Persian: تاریخ عالم‌آرای عباسی, romanized: World Adorning History of Abbas), written in Persian, is a chronicle covering the history of the early Safavid dynasty of Iran, particularly Shah Abbas I (r. 1587–1629).[1] Its author was his court historian and scribe Iskandar Beg Munshi, who completed it in 1629.[2]

Tarikh-e Alam-ara-ye Abbasi
An illustrated and illuminated leaf from the Tarikh-e Alam-ara-ye Abbasi by Iskandar Beg Munshi, depicting the capture of the citadel of Yerevan. Dated c. 1650, Isfahan (part of Sotheby's collection).
AuthorIskandar Beg Munshi
LanguagePersian
GenreHistory
Publication date
1629
Publication placeSafavid Iran

The book is considered the most significant piece of Iranian historiography written about the Safavids.[3] It has greatly influenced Safavid studies and serves as the foundation for a number of widely held beliefs regarding Safavid history.[1]

References
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  1. Quinn 2008.
  2. Sadan 2022, pp. 41, 45.
  3. Moreen 2010.

Sources
  • Moreen, Vera B. (2010). "ʽĀlamārā-yi Ἁbbāsi, Tārīkh-i". In Norman A. Stillman (ed.). Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World. Brill Online.
  • Quinn, Sholeh A. (2008). "ʿĀlam ārā- yi ʿAbbāsī". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. ISSN 1873-9830.
  • Sadan, A. (2022). "The Nature of Legitimacy: Representations of the Natural World in Iskandar Beg Munshi's Tārīkh-e ʿĀlam-ārā-ye ʿAbbāsī". Iranian Studies. 54 (1–2). Cambridge University Press: 41–65. doi:10.1080/00210862.2019.1647095. S2CID 211677412.
  • Savory, Roger M. (1985). "ʿĀlamārā-ye ʿAbbāsī". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume I/8: Alafrank–Alp Arslan. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 796. ISBN 978-0-71009-097-3.


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