University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Scope and Contents This is a history of the ʿAbbāsī household, the Nawabs (rulers) of Bahawalpur - who claimed to be descendants of the Abbasid Caliphs - until the beginning of the reign of Muḥammad Bahāval Khān (r.1825-52), who was the commissioner of this work. The author is Muḥammad Aʿẓam.The work was named as Mirʾāt Dawlat ʿAbbāsiyyah at the end but seemingly the same hand, with another ink, has added Jawāhir...