CONTENTS OF VOL. VIII. PAGE XCII.-Táríkh-i Nádiru-z Zamání, of Khushhál Chand 70 XCIII.-Jauhar-i Samsám, of Muhammad Muhsin Sádikí - CVI.—Táríkh-i Faiz Bakhsh, of Sheo Parshád CVII.—Hadikatu-l Akálím, of Murtazá Husain CXI.-Sawánih-i Akbari, of Amír Haidar Husainí - 193 CXII. Siyaru-l Muta-akhkhirin, of Ghulám Husain Khán 194 CXIII.-Mulakhkhasu-t Tawarikh, of Farzand 'Alí Husain 199 CXIV.-Tarikh-i Mamálik-i Hind, of Ghulám Básit . - 200 CXVIII.-Bahru-l Mawwój, of Muhammad 'Alí Khán Ansárí 235 CXXVI.-Gul-i Rahmat, of Sa'ádat Yár Khán CXXVII.-Sahihu-l Akhbár, of Sarúp Chand CXXVIII.—Táríkh-i Muzaffarí, of Muhammad 'Alí Khán - 316 CXXIX.-Sháh-náma, or Munawwaru-l Kalám, of Sheo Dás 331 CXXX.-Ikhtisáru-t Tawárikh, of Sawan Singh - CXXXI.-Mir-át-i Aftáb-numá, of Sháh Nawáz Khán CXXXII.—Intikhábu-t Tawárikh, of Mirzá Másítá - CXXXIII.-Sa'ádat-i Jáwed, of Harnám Singh - CXXXIV.-Ma'danu-s Sa'ádat, of Saiyid Sultán 'Alí CXXXV.-Majma'u-l Akhbár, of Harsukh Ráí CXXXVI.—Káshifu-l Akhbár, of 'Ináyat Husain CXLI.-Sháh 'A'lam-náma, of Ghulám 'Alí Khán CXLII.-'Imádu-s Sa'ádat, of Mír Ghulám 'Alí - CXLIII.-Nigár-náma-i Hind, of Saiyid Ghulám 'Alí CXLIV.-Muntakhabu-t Tawarikh, of Sadásukh CXLV. Ashrafu-t Tawarikh, of Kishan Dayál CXLVIII.—Balwant-náma, of Fakír Khairu-d dín Muhammad 416 CXLIX.-Yádgár-i Baháduri, of Bahádur Singh CL.-Jámi'u-t Tawárikh, of Fakír Muhammad CLI. Jám-i Jam, of Saiyid Ahmad Khán - HISTORIANS OF INDIA. LXXXIV. MUKHTASIRU-T TAWARIKH. THE author has nowhere given a distinct title to his work, though he says it is a mukhtasir, or abridgment, of the accounts of ancient Sultáns. Neither the name of the author nor the date of the composition is given; but as, amongst the general authorities which he mentions in his Preface, the latest is the Ikbál-náma Jahángirí of Mu'tamad Khán, we may fairly assume that the work was written early during the reign of Shah Jahán. The author tells us that next to the knowledge of God and His Will the most important information to acquire is that derived from history; and that acquaintance with the circumstances of former kings, and their nobles and counsellors, is equal to the cup of Jamshid and the mirror of Alexander; that it also leads to reflections upon the instability of kings and kingdoms, which are always treading the road of annihilation: for when exalted autocrats, with their powerful families, their experienced ministers, their countless armies, and exhaustless treasuries, with all their pomp, splendour and dominion, are swept from off the earth, and no vestige of them remains, what doom can inferior creatures expect? After these moral reflections, he proceeds to inform us, that though he was endowed with a very small capacity, yet as he VOL. VIII. 1 |