Some Considerations on Editions of Tarikh-e Bayhaq

Tarikh-e Bayhaq, one of the most important local histories, is written by Abu-AL Hasan Ali ibn Zaid Bayhaqi in Persian in the mid-sixth century Ah. The critical edition of the work was published in 1317 by Ahmed Bahmanyar and once again in 1347 by Kalym Allah Hosseini. Despite the introductions and valuable comments of editors, there are still significant shortcomings and ambiguities in both edits, which were neglected by researchers in the areas of history and historiography .This study is allocated to recognize and remove the shortcomings and ambiguities in Tarikh-e Bayhaq. Findings of this study shows that the most of shortcomings and ambiguities of the book is due to the fact that the author did not present final version of his book.