Afzal al-Tavarikh

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Afzal al-Tavarikh is a 17th-century Persian chronicle on the history of Safavid Iran. It was written by Fazli Isfahani Khuzani (died after 1639), who belonged to an important family with a long history of administrative service under the Safavids. The work was left unfinished, as he was never was content with it.[1][2]

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  • Melville, Charles (2006). "Afżal al-tawāriḵ". Encyclopaedia Iranica.
  • Maeda, Hirotake (2015). "New Information on the History of the Caucasus in the Third Volume of Afzal al-tavarikh". In Asatrian, Garnik (ed.). Studies on Iran and The Caucasus: In Honour of Garnik Asatrian. Brill. pp. 107–114. ISBN 978-90-04-30206-8.