Fazli Isfahani Khuzani

Fazli Isfahani Khuzani (Persian: فضلی اصفهانی‎‎) was an Iranian nobleman from the Khuzani family, who is known for writing the Afzal al-Tawarikh, a chronicle about the history of the Safavid dynasty from its establishment in 1501 by Ismail I (r. 1501–1524) to the death of Abbas I (r. 1588–1629).

Sources

Newman, Andrew J. (2008). Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire. I.B.Tauris. pp. 1–281. ISBN 9780857716613.
Melville, Charles (2006). "AFŻAL AL-TAWĀRIK". Encyclopaedia Iranica.

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