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Iskandar Beg Munshi

Iranian historian (c.1560–c.1632)

Field	Value
name	Iskandar Beg Munshi
image	Manuscript of the Kitāb-i Tārīkh-i ʻĀlamʹāra by Eskandar Beg Monshi, Qajar Iran, dated July 1812.jpg
caption	Manuscript of the Tarikh-e Alam-ara-ye Abbasi by Iskandar Beg Munshi. Created in Qajar Iran, dated July 1812
birth_date	1561/62
occupation	Court scribe, chronicler
death_date	1633/34 (aged 71–73)
notable_works	Tarikh-e Alam-ara-ye Abbasi
relatives	Faraj Beg (brother)

Iskandar Beg Munshi (; 1561/62 – 1633/34) was an Iranian court scribe and chronicler, who is principally known for his historical book Tarikh-e Alam-ara-ye Abbasi ("The world-adorning history of Abbas"), which focuses on early Safavid history, especially the reign of Shah Abbas I ().

Life

Iskandar Beg was born in 1561 or 1562. He belonged to a Turkoman clan which was part of the Qizilbash, a militant Shia group that had helped the Safavids establish their rule. Even though Iskandar Beg came from a Qizilbash family and was affiliated with the military elite of the Safavids, both he and his elder brother Faraj (Farrukh?) Beg joined the bureaucracy instead. Iskandar Beg served as Mirza Ata-Allah Isfahani's pupil scribe during the later rule of Shah Tahmasp I ().

Iskandar Beg died in 1633 or 1634.

Work

Iskandar Beg's Tarikh-e Alam-ara-ye Abbasi (abbreviated as TAAA) is considered the most significant piece of Iranian historiography written about Safavid Iran. The book was influenced by the Mughal chronicle Akbarnama of Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (died 1602).

References

Sources

References

Paulina Kewes, Ian W. Archer, Felicity Heal. The Oxford Handbook of Holinshed's Chronicles. — Oxford University Press, 2013. — P. 256.
Munshi, Eskandar Beg. (1629). "History of Shah 'Abbas the Great (Tārīkh-e ‘Ālamārā-ye ‘Abbāsī) / Roger M. Savory, translator".
Munshi, Eskandar Beg. (1629). "History of Shah 'Abbas the Great (Tārīkh-e ‘Ālamārā-ye ‘Abbāsī) / Roger M. Savory, translator".

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