Description
Book SynopsisKioumars Ghereghlou presents an edition, with preface and indexes, of a previously unpublished sixteenth-century Persian chronicle. Written by Qāsim Beg Ḥayātī, a court scribe to Shah Ṭahmāsp (r. 1524–76), it covers Safavid history beginning with the early part of the fourteenth century. Main text in Persian, editorial preface in English.
Trade Review[T]he publication of Hayati's Tarikh invites researchers to revisit the fascinating history of the rise of [the Safavid] religious order and its transformation into a militant political movement at the beginning of the sixteenth century. [. . .] Any future scholarly work on the early phase of the period will definitely have to take Qasim Beg Hayati Tabrizi's Tarikh into consideration. We are grateful to Dr. Ghereghlou for making his text available. John E. Woods, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 79.2 (2020).
Table of ContentsEditor’s Preface vii
Bibliography xxvii
Persian Text 1
General Index 373
Plates 381
