Bābāī ibn Farhād

Bābāī ibn Farhād appears to have been a communal leader in the city of Kashan, a wealthy Persian community that, according to ibn Farhād, boasted thirteen synagogues. He composed a Judeo-Persian historical chronicle, Kitāb-i Sar-guzasht-i Kāshān (The Book of Events in Kashan). In so doing, he followed in the footsteps of his grandfather Bābāī ibn Lutf, whose Kitāb-i Anusīā (The Book of the Forced Convert), the first known Judeo-Persian historical chronicle, describes the period from 1617 to 1662.