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A history of the Rohilla-Afghāns from their first settlement in Kāthar to their defeat in 1188 A.H., 1774 C.E., by Shiw-Parshād, who was in the service of Nawwāb Faiz̤-Allāh Khān.

Scope and Contents A history of certain Afghan chieftains, with a particular focus on Ḥāfiẓ al-Mulk Ḥāfiẓ Raḥmat Khān (d.1774). The text begins on folio 1b with:اللهم مالک الملک توتی الملک من تشاء و تنزع الملک ممن تشاء و تعز من تشاء و تذل من تشاء بیدک الخیر انک علی کل شیء قدیر.جواهر زواهر حمد بیحد و لآلی متلالی ثنای بیعد نثار بارگاه مالک الملکی که مملکتش مصون از صدمه زوال است.The work appears to be almost complete but lacks its final folios.The manuscript has...

Scope and Contents This chronicle was compiled by Maḥmūd b. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥusaynī al-Jāmī for Aḥmad Shāh Durrānī (also known as Abdālī, r. 1747-73), a commander under Nādir Shāh Afshār (1688 - 1747 C.E) and his successor as ruler, and who is often considered to be the founder of Afghanistan.The work is styled to be reminiscent of Mīrzā Mahdī Astarābādī’s Durrah-yi Nādirah while referring to the Shāhnāmah. The work combines both verse...

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...