<p>In this volume, Kioumars Ghereghlou presents an edition, with preface and indexes, of a previously unpublished sixteenth-century Persian chronicle. Written by Q?sim Beg ?ay?t?, a court scribe to Shah T?ahm?sp (r. 1524?76), it covers Safavid history beginning with the early part of the fourteenth century and closing with an account of Shah Isma??i?l's (r. 1501?24) rise to power and military campaigns in Iran. Dedicated to the Safavid princess ...