Contents Acknowledgments Preface Notes on Transliteration Part 1: The Ancestors of Shah Esmail 1 The story of Solan Firuzshah 2 The story of Evaz al-Khava and his son Moammad al-afe 3 The story of Salaoddin Rashid 4 The story of Seyyed Jebrail 5 The story of Solan Khwajeh Ali 6 The battle between Solan Ali Mirza and Aybeh Solan and the death of Solan Ali Part 2: Shah Esmail vs. the Torkmans 7 Shah Esmail catches sight of His Majesty the Lord of the Age 8 The emergence of Shah Esmail from Gilan and Lahijan with seven people, and the conquest of arom 9 The story of the sons of Rostam Shah, and of how His Majesty the Shadow of God went to Ardabil; the killing of Ali Khan Solan 10 Alvand sends Othman Solan to fight the Shah, who in turn sends Qarapari Qajar; the latter is killed, and the Torkmans are defeated 11 King Alvand goes to the Anatolian emperor and seeks help; he comes to Iran and is defeated; his qualities 12 The world-conquering Shah''s proposal to Tajlu Begom, the daughter of abedin Beg Shamlu, and the wedding feast of that fortunate prince 13 Birth of the Shadow of God, Shah ahmasp, in the village of Ranan near Efahan 14 Shah Esmail sends an army against Solan Morad, and that failure is captured 15 Solan Morad flees toward Shiraz; Moammad Karahi captures him and sends him to Shah Esmail, but he flees again 16 Solan Morad flees toward Shiraz as Elyas Beg pursues him 17 Elyas Beg goes to Damghan to fight osayn Kiya Cholavi and is killed by that man''s duplicity 18 Shah Esmail proceeds from Qom towards Firuzkuh and Mazandaran to defeat osayn Kiya Cholavi 19 Ali Kiya goes to take the pass of Firuzkuh 20 Shah Esmail arrives at the fortress of Marankuh and does battle with osayn Kiya Cholavi, who is killed 21 Shuayb aqa is killed by Solan Amad Sarui; Moammad Karahi rebels, Solan Amad is killed, and Yazd is captured 22 His Majesty arrives at Yazd, and Moammad Karahi is killed 23 Shah Esmail goes from Yazd to abas; Tardi Baba is killed, and Amir Kamaloddin osayn comes to the royal court on behalf of Solan osayn Bayqara 24 Abdi Beg is martyred at the hands of osayn Beg, son of arem Khan the Kurd; Shah Esmail arrives, and arem Khan flees 25 The conquest of Baghdad by the Qezelbash; Bayrak Solan flees to Moul, and Shah Esmail visits Najaf 26 The royal banners leave for Eraq and Khorramabad, where Malekshah Rostam is 27 The Shah and his army come to fight Malekshah Rostam, who pledges obedience; together they go to ovayzeh to fight Malek Fayyaz 28 His Majesty sends Nur Ali Khalifeh to the ufis of Rum on his behalf, and he accepts oaths of fealty in Tabriz and Diyarbakr 29 The royal banners head for Diyarbakr, and Shah Esmail does battle with Alaoddawleh Dhulqadr 30 Shah Esmail sends a letter to Alaoddawleh, who responds with an offer of peace; His Majesty returns to adharbayjan 31 Saru Alan and Saru Qaplan come to the aid of Moammadi Solan and are killed by Qarakhan the brother of Moammad Khan Ostajlu, who is victorious 32 On the nature and circumstances of Solan Salim, son of Solan Bayazid of Anatolia 33 Qarakhan attacks Arzenjan, and Moammad Khan sends Solan Bayazid of Anatolia an envoy with women''s clothing 34 Solan Bayazid and Solan Qanaw, the ruler of Egypt, fight against Alaoddawleh Dhulqadr Part 3: Shah Esmail vs. the Uzbeks 35 Shahi Beg Khan, son of Abulkhayr Khan, makes his emergence and seizes Torkestan from the descendants of Amir Timur 36 Of the sons of Solan osayn Bayqara and their circumstances, and how their fates were ruined 37 Babor Padeshah goes to Kabol, while Shahi Beg Khan goes to Balkh and Badiozzaman sets out to fight him 38 Shahi Beg Khan comes to Damghan, then returns to Samarqand; Moammad osayn Mirza comes to the service of Shah Esmail; Amir Najm II and the great commanders subdue Khorasan, entrust it to the sons of Solan osayn Mirza, and leave 39 The victorious royal banners come to Marv, and the Shah plays a trick on Shahi Beg Khan the ruler of Torkestan, who is killed 40 Mirza Moammad alesh returns from Mazandaran and is met by the Shah; Barsil Khan, the king of Urgench, comes to the foot of the royal throne with Ovays Mirza and Babor Padeshah; Amir Najm II goes to Torkestan 41 Amir Najm II and his commanders head for Torkestan, and Babor Padeshah comes to Balkh 42 Amir Najm II arrives at Qarshi; Shaykham Mirza mounts a night attack on the Qezelbash encampment; Amir Najm executes his nephew Moammad Kaem; the victory of Amir Najm and the death of Shaykham Mirza 43 Jani Beg Solan goes to Balkh; Obayd Khan comes, and Khorasan is seized by an Uzbek army; Shah ahmasp Khan Mirza leaves Harat for Eraq; Shah Esmail receives word that Amir Najm II has been killed 44 Shah ahmasp returns to Iran and to His Majesty, who summons an army to conquer Khorasan and Torkestan; the kings of Torkestan flee 45 Jani Beg Solan reaches Qasem Khan, the Padeshah of the steppe of Baghlan, who sends his son Abulkhayr Khan with a great army to fight Shah Esmail; Abulkhayr Khan is killed, and the Uzbek kings flee Part 4: Shah Esmail vs. Solan Salim 46 The glorious banners turn back to Iran, and His Majesty the Shadow of God learns of the death of Solayman Mirza in Tabriz; he sends an emissary to Anatolia to see Solan Bayazid, the Qayar of Rum 47 Solan Salim, the Padeshah of Rum, comes to Iran and arrives at Chalderan; the victorious banners of the Shadow of God turn toward him, but the Qezelbash are defeated 48 Moammad Zaman Mirza, the son of Badiozzaman Mirza, rebels and goes to Astarabad; Obayd Khan arrives at Balkh with all his corruption 49 Solan Salim learns of the theft and burning of his supplies by Alaoddawleh Dhulqadr and the death of Moafa Pasha at the hands of his men, then goes to fight Alaoddawleh and kills him 50 Solan Salim, the ruler of Anatolia, fights Solan Qanaw, the king of Egypt, who is killed 51 Solan Morad, the son of Yaqub Padeshah son of asan Pasha the Torkman, comes to conquer Diyarbakr and is killed by Amad Solan Qajar 52 Ghazali joins forces with Solan Solayman to fight Nur Ali Khalifeh, who is killed by the Anatolians 53 Solan Solayman comes to Iran a second time, and Ghazali is captured by His Majesty the Shadow of God Part 5: The Later Years 54 Shah Esmail learns of the death of Solan Salim and of Solan Solayman''s accession to the throne and return to Istanbul; His Majesty leaves Chalderan with the intention of conquering Khorasan 55 Jani Beg Solan the Uzbek comes to Balkh and fights Kopek Solan, and the Uzbek army is defeated; Obayd Khan comes to Harat and returns without having attained his goal; Amir Khan Torkman, the governor of Harat, kills Amir Moammad and is deposed; His Majesty sends Durmesh Khan to fight in Harat 56 Durmesh Khan comes to Harat, seizes Amir Khan Torkman, and sends him to the royal court, then settles down to rule the city Bibliography Index.