Kholāsat al-tavārikh, alsoḪulāṣat at-tawārīḫ orKholassat ot-Tavarikh (Persian:کتاب خلاصة التواریخ,lit. 'The Essence of Histories') is a history of the earlySafavid Empire, written byAhmad Monshi Ghomi. The last events recorded in the manuscript date to 1592 suggesting a completion date shortly after this date. The copy of the manuscript located inBerlin contains 436 pages on the history of the Safavids from their origins, especially fromIsmail I (r. 1501–1524), up to the first years of the reign ofAbbas the Great (r. 1587–1629).[1]
Various copies are known, including:
Located in theBerlin State Library ("SSB"), number: 2202. The name of the copyist and the date of the copy are not given, but it is dated to circa 1695. The cover size is 41.5 x 28 cm. The manuscript has 436 leaves and is paginated with black pencil numbers by a European hand. The volume contains a total of ten miniatures, mostly full-page, each precisely matching the content of the text. The tenth miniature, however, is located at the very end of the manuscript, which depicts a reception scene at the court of an Indian prince, unlike the other miniatures, has no connection with the existing text.[2] This manuscript is fully digitized and available online.[3]
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