The comparative study of Persian historiography of the early modern Islamic empires, the Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals.

Sholeh A. Quinn is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Merced. She is the author of Historical Writing during the Reign of Shah 'Abbas: Ideology, Imitation, and Legitimacy in Safavid Chronicles (2000) and Shah Abbas: The King Who Refashioned Iran (2015). She coedited History and Historiography of Post-Mongol Central Asia and the Middle East: Studies in Honor of John E. Woods (2006).

1. Introduction; 2. Continuity and Transformation: the Timurid Historiographical Legacy; 3. Historiography and Historians on the Move: the Significance of the Number Twelve; 4. The First King of the World: Kayumars in Universal Histories; 5. Mirrors, Memorials and Blended Genres; 6. Conclusion.