Sarguzasht-i Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh: talkhīṣ va bāznivīsī-i kitāb-i Tārīkh-i Zū al-Qarnayn, asar-i Mīrzā Faz̤l Allāh Khāvarī

Sarguzasht-i Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh is an abridged and rewritten account prepared by Nāṣir Afshārfar from Mīrzā Faz̤l Allāh Khāvarī Shīrāzī’s Tārīkh-i Zū al-Qarnayn. Written for accessible historical reading, it follows the life and reign of Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh Qājār and presents major events of his period in a condensed narrative drawn from an important Qājār-era chronicle. The work introduces the historical setting of the dynasty, the accession and rule of the shah, relations within the royal household, political and military episodes, and selected events involving regional rulers and foreign powers. Supplementary chronological and genealogical material helps place people and events within the wider Qājār succession. Afshārfar’s adaptation preserves the narrative basis of the original while reducing its scale and modernising presentation for contemporary readers. The volume is useful as an introductory source for the study of Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh, early Qājār history and Persian historical writing.