Kholāsat al-tavārikh

Prince Abbas enthroned, proclaimed Shah in Khorasan in 1581, as depicted in Kholāsat al-tavārikh

Kholāsat al-tavārikh, also Ḫulāṣat at-tawārīḫ or Kholassat ot-Tavarikh (Persian: کتاب خلاصة التواریخ, lit. 'The Essence of Histories') is a history of the early Safavid Empire, written by Ahmad Monshi Ghomi. The last events recorded in the manuscript date to 1592 suggesting a completion date shortly after this date. The copy of the manuscript located in Berlin contains 436 pages on the history of the Safavids from their origins, especially from Ismail I (r. 1501–1524), up to the first years of the reign of Abbas the Great (r. 1587–1629).[1]

Copies

Various copies are known, including:

  • Manuscript B, located in Teheran, completed according to the colophon in 1640.[2]
  • Manuscript M, located in Teheran in the Kitäbhänä-yimilli-yi Malik.[2]
  • Manuscript N, located in Teheran, dated around 1651.[2]

Manuscript S (SSB 2202)

Located in the Berlin State Library ("SSB"), number: 2202. The name of the copyist and the date of the copy are not given, but it is dated to circa 1695. The cover size is 41.5 x 28 cm. The manuscript has 436 leaves and is paginated with black pencil numbers by a European hand. The volume contains a total of ten miniatures, mostly full-page, each precisely matching the content of the text. The tenth miniature, however, is located at the very end of the manuscript, which depicts a reception scene at the court of an Indian prince, unlike the other miniatures, has no connection with the existing text.[2] This manuscript is fully digitized and available online.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Müller, Hans (1964). Die Chronik Ḫulāṣat at-tawārīḫ des Qāżī Aḥmad Qumī : der Abschnitt über Schah ʿAbbās I. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag. pp. 1–14.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Müller, Hans (1964). Die Chronik Ḫulāṣat at-tawārīḫ des Qāżī Aḥmad Qumī : der Abschnitt über Schah ʿAbbās I. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag. pp. 10–16.
  3. ↑ "Digitalisierte Sammlungen der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin".
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