Alam-Aray-i Amini

Alam-Aray-i Amini (Persian: عالم آرای امینی‎)[1] is a book on the history of Aq Qoyunlu dynasty and the rise of Safavids. Dedicated to Abul Fath Mirza Baysonqor, the book is written by Fazl b. Ruzbihan Khunji in Persian language between 892 and 897 AH. The book is translated by Vladimir Minorsky into English. Minorsky highly praised the author for his neutrality. The book is one of the few primary sources on the history of Aq Qoyunlu dynasty and in particular, it contains valuable information about the reigns of Sultan Ya'qub, Sultan Khalil and Uzun Hasan.

It seems that Khunji planned to write a second volume, but today there's no evidence of it and other historians also didn't mention anything about a second volume. The Aq Qoyunlu dynasty fell into chaos after the death of Sultan Ya'qub, and Sunni Muslims became the subject of persecution by Ismail I in the subsequent years. For these reasons, it's unlikely that Khunji ever wrote a second volume.

Khunji agreed to write a book on the history of Aq Qoyunlu dynasty when he met Sultan Ya'qub near the Sahand mountain.

References

Lingwood, Chad G. Politics, poetry, and sufism in medieval Iran : new perspectives on Jāmī's Salāmān va Absāl. Leiden, Netherlands. pp. Page 91. ISBN 978-90-04-25589-0. OCLC 874147185.

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[1] Lingwood, Chad G. Politics, poetry, and sufism in medieval Iran : new perspectives on Jāmī's Salāmān va Absāl. Leiden, Netherlands. pp. Page 91. ISBN 978-90-04-25589-0. OCLC 874147185.