The ''Zafarnama'' (, ) is a biography of

Timur Timur, also known as Tamerlane (1320s17/18 February 1405), was a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia, becoming the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty. An undefeat ...

written by the historian

Nizam al-Din Shami Nizam al-Din Shami, also known as Nizam-i Shami or Nizam al-Din Shambi (died before 1409 or before 1411–1412), was a Persian man of letters and a chronicler who flourished in the late 14th and early 15th centuries. He wrote the '' Zafarnama'', th ...

. It served as the basis for a later and better-known ''Zafarnama'' by

Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi or Sharif al-Din Ali’ Yazdi (; died 1454, Yazd), also known by his pen name Sharaf, was a 15th-century Persian scholar who authored several works in the arts and sciences, including mathematics, astronomy, enigma, liter ...

. One translation by Felix Tauer was published in

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

in 1937.C. A. Storey -Persian Literature - Partie 1 - Page xiv 1999 - F. Tauer's edition of the Persian text appeared in 1937. Insert : Commentary, etc. : Histoire des conquetes de Tamerlan intitulee Zafarnama, Edition critique par F. Tauer. Tome II: Introduction, commentaire, index. Prague 1956 (320 pp.

References

{{Reflist 15th-century Persian books Iranian books Timur Biographical books Timurid literature