Iskandar Beg Munshi

Iskandar Beg Munshi
Manuscript of the Tarikh-e Alam-ara-ye Abbasi by Iskandar Beg Munshi. Created in Qajar Iran, dated July 1812
Born	1561/62
Died	1633/34 (aged 71–73)
Occupation	Court scribe, chronicler
Notable works	Tarikh-e Alam-ara-ye Abbasi
Relatives	Faraj Beg (brother)

Iskandar Beg Munshi (Persian: اسکندر بیگ منشی; 1561/62 – 1633/34) was an Iranian court scribe and chronicler, who is principally known for his historical book of 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 (r. 1588–1629).^[1]

Life

Iskandar Beg was born in 1561 or 1562.

Iskandar Beg died in 1633 or 1634.[1]

Work

Iskandar Beg's Tarikh-e Alam-ara-ye Abbasi (abbreviated as TAAA

Sources

• S2CID 161700244
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• ISSN 1873-9830
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• 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;
  ISSN 1873-9830
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• 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.
  S2CID 211677412
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• Savory, Roger M. (1985). "ʿĀlamārā-ye ʿAbbāsī". In
  ISBN 978-0-71009-097-3
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• Savory, Roger M. (1998). "Eskandar Beg Torkamān Monšī". In
  ISBN 978-1-56859-055-4
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• Ashraf, Assef (2021). "Safavid Nostalgia in Early Qajar Chronicles". In Melville, Charles Melville (ed.). The Contest for Rule in Eighteenth-Century Iran: Idea of Iran Vol. 11. I.B.Tauris. pp. 81–102.
  ISBN 978-0755645992
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• ISBN 978-1845119119
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• Quinn, Sholeh (2004). "Historiography vi. Safavid period". In
  ISBN 978-0-933273-78-8
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