Tarikh-e Alam-ara-ye Abbasi

The Tarikh-e Alam-ara-ye Abbasi (Persian: تاریخ عالم‌آرای عباسی, romanized: World Adorning History of Abbas) is a Persian-language 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] 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.

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