Mogul Empire -- History

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A brief account of Jahāngīrnagar, or, as it is commonly called, Dacca, in Bengal, from the time of its conquest by Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great (r. 1556-1605 C.E.) to the niẓāmat or governorship of Husayn al-Dīn Khān, about the beginning of Mughal Emperor Shāh-‘Ālam's reign. It is stated that the account for this work has been extracted from the historical works on the great Mughal Emperors.

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A history of Mirzā Muḥammad 'Alī, styled "Mahābat-Jang" (or better known as 'Alī Wardī Khān), from his birth until the year 1164 A.H., 1750 C.E., when the Marathas were expelled from Balisore and Kattak.

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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.

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The memoirs of the Mughal Emperor Nūr-al-Dīn Muḥammad Jahāngīr (d.1037 A.H.,1627 C.E.), considered to be spurious, and containing an account of the transactions of the first thirteen years of his reign (1014-1027 A.H., 1605-1617 C.E.). Polychrome triple frames.

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The memoirs of the Mughal Emperor Nūr-al-Dīn Muḥammad Jahāngīr (d.1037 A.H.,1627 C.E.), considered to be spurious, and containing an account of the transactions of the first thirteen years of his reign (1014-1027 A.H., 1605-1617 C.E.).

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A general history and topography of the ṣūbahs of India and the Dakhan (Deccan), composed by Rāi Chaturman (fol. 15), or, with his full name, Chaturman Rāi, a Kāyath of the tribe of Saksīnah, called Rāi-Zādah, and finished in 1173 A.H., 1759-1760 C.E., a week before his death.

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A general history of India from the earliest times to the death of the Emperor ‘Alamgīr (1118 A.H., 1707 C.E.), by Munshī Sujān-Rāi (sometimes called Shujān-Rāi) of Patiyāla, who compiled and dedicated it to ‘Alamgīr, 1107 A.H.,1695 C.E.

Copied at Aḥmadābād.

Scope and Contents This work (copied for the donor by one of the compilers from the holograph copy) is a short history of Kashmir from the earliest times. It was begun originally at the desire of some English officials by Mirzā Sayf al-Dīn, who held the post of record writer in Kashmir, and brought down by him to 1277 A.H. (1859 C.E.), but he died a year later. Some time after, the donor, on his appointment as British Agent in Kashmir, requested the brother and successor in office of the deceased, Mirzā Muḥyi...

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An abridged official manual of the Indian Empire. The original was possibly drawn up in Mughal Emperor ‘Ālamgīr's (r. 1658 to 1707 C.E.) time. It contains an account of the allowances of the officials of various grades, names of Faṣlī months, revenues and area of the Empire, distance from Shāhjahānābād (Dehlī) to various places, and the divisions and revenues of a number of ṣūbahs (see more in Hukk et al catalogue).

Scope and Contents A collection of useful notes on miscellaneous subjects. The contents are briefly:General matters in connection with the administration of the kingdoms of South Asia and Persia. Explanations of terms used to indicate the various officials from the king downwards, their duties, ranks, titles, etc.; brief notes on the geography and history of some of the important provinces adjoining to and including Persia and South Asia; the names of the numerous kings who ruled over those areas,...