''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).