Iskandar Beg Munshī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Ghereghlou, Kioumars
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Brill
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Iskandar Beg Munshī (b. 969/1561-2, d. c.1043/1633 or 1634) was a Persian court scribe (munshī) and chronicler whose Tārīkh-i ʿālam-ārā-yi ʿAbbāsī ("The world-adorning history of ʿAbbās") deals with Ṣafavid history and the reign of Shāh ʿAbbās I (r. 995-1038/1587-1629). Its sequel (dhayl) chronicles the first five years of the reign of his grandson and successor, Shāh Ṣafī (r. 1038-52/1629-42). 1. Life Iskandar Beg came from the Turkmen clan of the Qizilbāsh (the Qizibāsh, lit. red head,