"Amir-Arsalan-Ibn Malakshah Roumi" a prose romance of the genre dastanha-ye Ê¿ammiana, "popular tales." The story was composed by Mirza Mohammad Ê¿Ali Naqib-al-mamalek, the naqqal-basi or chief storyteller of Naser-al-din Shah (r. 1264-1313/1848-96).