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.

• ForewordTable of ContentsIntroduction Charles MelvilleChapter 1:Literature and HistoryCharles MelvilleChapter 2: The Rise and Development of Persian Historiography Elton DanielChapter 3: The Turco-Mongol PeriodCharles MelvilleChapter 4: The Safavid Historiography Sholeh QuinnChapter 5: Persian Historiography in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century: Twilight of the Court Chronicle Tradition Ernest TuckerChapter 6: The Development of National Historiography from 18th Century to the Pahlavi Period Abbas AmanatChapter 7: The Memoirs of E’temad al-Saltane Shiva BalaghiChapter 8:Historiography in the Pahlavi Era Fakhreddin AzimiChapter 9:Persian Historiography under the OttomansSara Nur YildizChapter 10: The Historiography in Central Asia since 16th CenturyRobert D. McChesney Chapter 11: The Historiography in Afghanistan Robert D. McChesney

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.

• ForewordTable of ContentsIntroduction Charles MelvilleChapter 1:Literature and HistoryCharles MelvilleChapter 2: The Rise and Development of Persian Historiography Elton DanielChapter 3: The Turco-Mongol PeriodCharles MelvilleChapter 4: The Safavid Historiography Sholeh QuinnChapter 5: Persian Historiography in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century: Twilight of the Court Chronicle Tradition Ernest TuckerChapter 6: The Development of National Historiography from 18th Century to the Pahlavi Period Abbas AmanatChapter 7: The Memoirs of E’temad al-Saltane Shiva BalaghiChapter 8:Historiography in the Pahlavi Era Fakhreddin AzimiChapter 9:Persian Historiography under the OttomansSara Nur YildizChapter 10: The Historiography in Central Asia since 16th CenturyRobert D. McChesney Chapter 11: The Historiography in Afghanistan Robert D. McChesney

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.

• ForewordTable of ContentsIntroduction Charles MelvilleChapter 1:Literature and HistoryCharles MelvilleChapter 2: The Rise and Development of Persian Historiography Elton DanielChapter 3: The Turco-Mongol PeriodCharles MelvilleChapter 4: The Safavid Historiography Sholeh QuinnChapter 5: Persian Historiography in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century: Twilight of the Court Chronicle Tradition Ernest TuckerChapter 6: The Development of National Historiography from 18th Century to the Pahlavi Period Abbas AmanatChapter 7: The Memoirs of E’temad al-Saltane Shiva BalaghiChapter 8:Historiography in the Pahlavi Era Fakhreddin AzimiChapter 9:Persian Historiography under the OttomansSara Nur YildizChapter 10: The Historiography in Central Asia since 16th CenturyRobert D. McChesney Chapter 11: The Historiography in Afghanistan Robert D. McChesney