Fazli Isfahani Khuzani
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Fazli Isfahani Khuzani (Persian: فضلی اصفهانی خوزانی) was an Iranian nobleman from the Khuzani family, who is known for writing the Afzal al-Tawarikh, a chronicle about the history of the Safavid dynasty from its establishment in 1501 by Ismail I (r. 1501–1524) to the death of Abbas I (r. 1588–1629).
His ancestors, including Shah Mahmud, migrated from Baghdad in the 1440s to establish themselves in the Khuzan district of Isfahan.[1] By 1503, the Khūzāni family had become part of the ruling elite supporting Shah Ismail and the newly established Safavid state. Yar Ahmad Khuzani secured the favour of Ismail, who granted him control over the Khuzan and Khupayya districts of Isfahan and Natanz. In 1509, he was appointed as the vicegerent (vakil).
Fazli's paternal grandfather, Masih al-Din Ruh-Allah Khuzani Isfahani (d. 1570), held several important administrative posts, including vazir of Mashhad from 1533 to 1570[2] and overseer (nāzir) of the shrine of Imam Reza, vazir of Khorasan and Gilan. His father Zain al-Abidin was a middle-level bureaucrat who served minor Safavid princes, one being Mahmud Mirza (d. 1577) a son of Tahmasp I. His mother belonged to Khaki Shirazi family. In fact, his maternal uncle Muhammad Salih Khaki Shirazi was succeeded by his paternal uncle Mirza Jan beg Khuzani Isfahani (d. 1607).
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