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Scope and Contents An autobiography by Shāh Shujāʿ al-Mulk, the last Durrānī ruler of Afghanistan (r.1803-09 C.E.), including the events from his ascension to throne at the age of 17, in 1216 AH. (1800 C.E.) to 1241 A.H. (1825-6 C.E.) when from his exile he wrote this work for Mountstuart Elphinstone. The work was published first in 1899 in Ludianah, India, and several times in Afghanistan.The present manuscript appears to be a holograph copy. Folio 1b. bears an annotation in English reading, "The...