Badaye‘ al-Akhbar
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Original Title: Badāyiʿ al-Akhbār: vaqāyiʿ-i Bihbahān dar zamān-i ḥamla-yi Maḥmūd Afghān
A Persian eyewitness chronicle describing the Afghan invasion of Iran and the siege of Behbahan during the final years of the Safavid dynasty. Written by a local secretary, the work provides detailed accounts of resistance, political turmoil, and the rise and fall of Afghan rule.
Description
- Persian Title: بدایع الاخبار: وقایع بهبهان در زمان حمله محمود افغان
- Transliterated Title: Badāyiʿ al-Akhbār: vaqāyiʿ-i Bihbahān dar zamān-i ḥamla-yi Maḥmūd Afghān
- English Title: Badāyiʿ al-Akhbār: Events of Behbahan during the Afghan Invasion
- Author: Mīrzā ʿAbd al-Nabī Shaykh al-Islām Bihbahānī (active until 1142 A.H. / 18th century)
- Editor: Sayyid Saʿīd Mīr Muḥammad Ṣādiq
- Language: Persian
- ISBN: 964-8700-88-6
- Publication Year: 2010
- Pages: 300
- Format: PDF
- Category: History and Geography
- Miras Maktoob Collection Code: 191
【Summary】
Badāyiʿ al-Akhbār is an important historical source from the final phase of Safavid rule. The book covers four main topics: the arrival of Maḥmūd Afghān in Iran and the fall of Isfahan; the 36-day resistance of the people of Behbahan against Afghan forces; the rule of a false claimant known as Ṣafī Mīrzā in Behbahan; and the eventual collapse of Ashraf Afghān’s authority.
The author, a local secretary of Behbahan, recorded these events based on direct observation. Written in a highly ornate and formal prose style, the work appears to have influenced later historical writings, including Jahāngushā-yi Nādirī. The volume also includes five additional reports concerning Afghan attacks on Isfahan and cities in northern and southern Khorasan.
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