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Aḥsân al-Tavârikh, is a chronological history of Iran, written in Persian by Ḥasan Beg Rūmlū.

Background
Hasan Beg Rumlu was a qurchi in the service of the Safavid Shah Tahmasp I.

Contents
The Ahsan al-Tavarikh was a generalized history from the beginning of creation until Hasan's own time, written in twelve volumes. It is theorized by Mīrzā Muḥammad Qazwīnī that the first ten volumes were never written and that the present creation consists of the last two volumes. Although, it is suggest that the ten volumes would not have contained any origial information, since Hasan appears to have borrowed from the Matla-e sa dayn(for Sahrok and Timurid princes), from the Tarik-eDiarbakr(for Aq Qoyunlu Turkman histories), the Habib alsir(for Sultan Bayqara, ascension of Shah Ismail, and biographical entries for scientists). History of the Ottoman Empire was taken from Bedlisi's Hast Behest.

Volume one included the historical events of Iran, the Ottoman empire, and Transoxania from 1405-1494. Ḥasan goes into detail concerning the reigns of Sahrok (1405-47) and his son Ulug Beg, as well as their successors. He also follows the careers the Timurid princes Bāysonqor, Ebrāhīm Solṭān, and Moḥammad Jūkī.