“JAVAHIR AL-AKHBAR” OF BUDAQ MUNSHI QAZVINI AND ITS PLACE IN HISTORICAL SCIENCE OF THE SAFAVI PERIOD

Abstract

The paper deals with the work titled “Javahir Al-Akhbar” of Budaq Munshi Qazvini whom was the great historian and civil servant in the period of Safavids. The last part of “Javahir Al-Akhbar” is very important for historians who researches political, economic and cultural history in XV-XVI centuries. Because the historian was a direct witness of the historical events of the Safavid period. The purpose of this paper to show that most of cultural heritages had been created in the territory of Azerbaijan where was the centre of Safavids, the biography of Budaq Munshi Qazvini and his work. Not only English historiography used for citating the paper, but also primary sources included for objective conclusion.