The Takmelat al-akhbar (Persian: تکملة الاخبار, romanized: The Historical Supplement) is a Persian universal history composed by the Safavid poet Abdi Beg Shirazi in 1570.[1][2] It was dedicated to the princess Pari Khan Khanum, the daughter of Tahmasp I.[3] There has only been a publication of the final section, which deals with the Safavid era. It chronicles the rule of Ismail I and Tahmasp I up till 1570.[4]
References
edit- ^ Trausch 2021, pp. 173, 183.
- ^ Quinn 2020, p. 109.
- ^ Trausch 2021, p. 173.
- ^ Aldous 2021, pp. 39–40.
Sources
edit- Aldous, Gregory (2021). "The Qazvin Period and the Idea of the Safavids". In Melville, Charles (ed.). Safavid Persia in the Age of Empires, the Idea of Iran Vol. 10. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 29–46. ISBN 978-0755633777.
- Quinn, Sholeh A. (2020). Persian Historiography Across Empires: The Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1108842211.
- Trausch, Tilmann (2021). "Continuing a legacy in times of change". In Matthee, Rudi (ed.). The Safavid World. Routledge. pp. 182–200. ISBN 978-1138944060.
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