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]
 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). | |
| Author | Iskandar Beg Munshi |
|---|---|
| Language | Persian |
| Genre | History |
Publication date | 1629 |
| Publication place | Safavid 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]
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- ^ a b Quinn 2008.
- ^ Sadan 2022, pp. 41, 45.
- ^ Moreen 2010.
Sources
edit- 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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