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In recent years, a substantial number of sources on the history of the Safavid period of Iranian history (1501–1722), among which are both archival documents and narrative works, have come to light and have been made available to researchers. The most recent addition to the second category is the chronicle (Tārīkh) by the Safavid courtier Qāsim Beg Ḥayātī Tabrīzī, which deals with the history of the early Safavids from the time of the eponymous founder of the religious order (ṭarīqa) Shaykh Ṣafī al-Dīn Isḥāq (d. 1301) to the rule of his descendant Shāh Ismā‘īl (d. 1524), who established the political dynasty (dūdmān) in 1501 and proclaimed Twelver or Imāmī Shi‘ism the official religion of the new regime. Ḥayātī began the composition of his work in the 1550s during the long reign of Shāh Ismā‘īl’s eldest son and successor Shāh Ṭahmāsb (r. 1524–76); he ultimately dedicated his chronicle, however, to the shah’s eldest sister, Mihīn Begum. Evidence from his work suggests that Ḥayātī had some involvement in managing the endowments to the dynastic shrine in Ardabil, seat of the order, but the precise nature of his service in the royal court is not entirely clear. Although Ḥayātī’s Tārīkh is both referenced and quoted in other near contemporary Safavid chronicles, no copy of it had come to light and it was presumed lost. The manuscript presented here—apparently unique—was inserted into a copy of a part of Ghiyās̄ al-Dīn Khvāndamīr’s Ḥabīb al-siyar fī akbār-i afrād-i bashar and kept in the National Library of Iran in Tehran, where it was recently identified and has now been published by Dr. Kioumars Ghereghlou. Consisting of 212 folios, the text appears to be incomplete and breaks off with the account of the events of 1508, the seventh year of Shāh Ismā‘īl’s rule, even though his death date of 1524 is mentioned in the text (p. 115). The final folio of the manuscript bears the date March 1630, written in a separate hand.

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