The History of Aalam Aray Abbasi (Persian: عالم‌آرای عبّاسی‎) recorded the history of the Iranian Safavid dynasty, from its founding under Shah Ismail I to the end, under Shah Abbas I, covering the period of 1600-1680.[1] The book was written by the special secretary and counsellor to the Safavid court of Shah Abbas I, Eskandar Beg Munshi who had been an eyewitness to most of the events or consulted other eyewitnesses.