India -- History

Scope and Contents A history of the city of Surat, in the west Indian state of Gujarat, with appendices about its vicinities like Bhimnagar. The author, Ranchhūrjī Walad-i Amrjī Dīvān, deliberately mentions he had tried to exclude everything written in previous works about the kings of Hind and Gujarat, and instead has focused on the county, relying on oral and local narrations of the region.It was originally written for James Erskine. This may be John James Erskine (1771-1833), a member of the...

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...

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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.

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A collection of useful instructions and tables for the education of those who work in the revenue offices. It gives a fair insight into the sort of departmental work carried on during the times of the Mughal sovereignty. Copies of a few farmāns (decrees) and dispatches of the Premiers have also been added. The author is Uday-Chand of Salīmābād (Bengal), who compiled it during the reign of the Emperor Awrangzīb.

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An account of the 22 ṣubahs (or provinces) of the Indian Empire, their subdivisions and revenue in the time of the Mughul sovereignty.

Scope and Contents A brief account of the rulers of A‘ẓamgaṛh by Sayyid Amīr ‘Alī Raz̤wī, who mentions several nobles of Niẓāmābād, all of whom had attained long ages, as the authority for this work. The history begins from the adventures of Abhman-Singh, son of Chandar-Sen-Rāi, of the tribe of Gūtam, who received the title of Nādir-Dawlat-Khān from the Mughal Emperor Akbar (1542-1605 C.E.), and ends with the transfer of the district in Faṣlī 1205 (1801 C.E.) by the Nawwāb Wazīr Sa‘ādat ‘Alī Khān of Awadh to...

Scope and Contents This is an Urdu version of the original Persian work, which is a brief account of the rulers of A‘ẓamgaṛh by Sayyid Amīr ‘Alī Raz̤vī, who mentions several nobles of Niẓāmābād, all of whom had attained long ages, as the authority for this work. The history begins from the adventures of Abhman-Singh, son of Chandar-Sen-Rāi, of the tribe of Gūtam, who received the title of Nādir-Dawlat-Khān from the Mughal Emperor Akbar (1542-1605 C.E.), and ends with the transfer of the district to the British...

Scope and Contents A most celebrated general history of India from the time of the Muslim conquest (367 A.H., 977 C.E.) to the 38th year of Mughal Emperor Akbar's reign (1002 A.H., 1593 A.D.). The work, which is the earliest pertaining exclusively to India, is also known under the titles of Ṭabaqāt-i Akbarī, Ta'rīkh-i Niẓamī, and Ta' rīkh-i Sulṭān-i Niẓamī. It was compiled by Niẓam al-Dīn Aḥmad b. Muḥammad Muqīm...

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A history of the Mughal Emperor Shāhjahān's life and reign, and containing a short history of his predecessors, beginning with Tīmūr. On the flyleaf the work is entitled "lkhtiṣar-i Shāh Jahān-nāmah."

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This is Vol. I of a general history of India from the earliest times to 1018 A.H., 1609 C.E., the year in which it was presented to Sulṭān Naṣīr al-Dīn Ibrāhīm ‘Ādil-Shāh, the King of Bījāpūr (988-1037 A.H., 1580-1627 C.E.), at whose desire it had been compiled by the celebrated Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū-Shāh, surnamed "Firishtah," who was born in Astarābād about 960 A.H., 1552 C.E. The present work is commonly called the Tārīkh-i Firishtah.