Alamara-ye Shah Ismail

Alamara-ye Shah Ismail
Folio from a manuscript of the Alamara-ye Shah Ismail depicting governor Shah Rostam Abbasi in the presence of Shah Ismail I. Made by Mo'en Mosavver in Isfahan, dated c. 1688
AuthorUnknown
LanguagePersian
GenreHistory
Publication date
Late 17th-century
Publication placeSafavid Iran

The Alamara-ye Shah Ismail (Persian: عالم آرای شاه اسماعیل) is a late 17th-century anonymous story recounting the life of the Safavid shah of Iran, Shah Ismail I (r. 1501–1524). It comes from a common oral storytelling tradition and is linked to a collection of biographies about Ismail I.[1]