Table of Contents

Foreword
Table of Contents

Introduction Charles Melville

Chapter 1: Literature and History
Charles Melville

Chapter 2: The Rise and Development of Persian Historiography
Elton Daniel

Chapter 3: The Turco-Mongol Period
Charles Melville

Chapter 4: The Safavid Historiography
Sholeh Quinn

Chapter 5: Persian Historiography in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century: Twilight of the Court Chronicle Tradition
Ernest Tucker

Chapter 6: The Development of National Historiography from 18th Century to the Pahlavi Period
Abbas Amanat

Chapter 7: The Memoirs of E’temad al-Saltane
Shiva Balaghi

Chapter 8: Historiography in the Pahlavi Era
Fakhreddin Azimi

Chapter 9: Persian Historiography under the Ottomans
Sara Nur Yildiz

Chapter 10: The Historiography in Central Asia since 16th Century
Robert D. McChesney

Chapter 11: The Historiography in Afghanistan
Robert D. McChesney

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Presents an overview of Persian literature's long and rich historiography. This book reflects the stature and significance of Persian literature as one of the single most important accomplishment of the Iranian experience.

About the Author

Charles Melville is Professor of Persian History and Fellow of Pembroke College at the University of Cambridge. Ehsan Yarshater is the Director of the Center for Iranian Studies and Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies, Columbia University and the Founding Editor of the Encyclopaedia Iranica.