The History of India, as Told by its Own Historians
The Muhammadan Period

This comprehensive eight-volume collection (1867–77) includes descriptions of the texts of Islamic history, translations of extracts, and background information.

Henry Miers Elliot (Author), John Dowson (Edited by)

9781108055895, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 March 2013

586 pages
21.6 x 14 x 3.3 cm, 0.74 kg

This extensive eight-volume work was first published between 1867 and 1877 by the linguist John Dowson (1820–81) from the manuscripts of the colonial administrator and scholar Sir Henry Miers Elliot (1808–53). Before his death, hoping to bolster British colonial ideology, Elliot had intended to evaluate scores of Arabic and Persian historians of India, believing that his translations would demonstrate the violence of the Muslim rulers and 'make our native subjects more sensible of the immense advantages accruing to them under the mildness and the equity of our rule'. Volume 7 covers the period from Shah Jahan (1592–1666) to the early reign of Muhammad Shah (1702–48). It includes various Padshahnama, the works comprising the official visual history of Shah Jahan's reign, most notably that of Abdul Hamid Lahori (d.1654). Also included are substantial extracts from the Muntakhab-ul-Lubab of Khafi Khan, covering the long reign of Aurangzeb (1618–1707).

Preface
61. Padsha-nama
62. Badshah-nama
63. Shah Jahan-nama
64. Badshah-nama
65. Amal-i Salih
66. Shah-Jahan-nama
67. Majalisu-s Salatin
68. Tarikh-i Mufazzali
69. Mir-at-i Alam and Mir-at-i Jahan-numa
70. Zinatu-t Tawarikh
71. Lubbu-t Tawarikh-i Hind
72. Alamgir-nama
73. Ma-asir-i Alamgiri
74. Futuhat-i Alamgiri
75. Tarikh-i Mulk-i Asham
76. Wakai
77. Jang-nama
78. Ruka'at-i Alamgiri
79. Muntakhabu-l Lubab
80. Tarikh
81. Tarikh-i Bahadur Shahi
82. Tarikh-i Shah Alam Bahadur Shahi
83. Ibrat-nama.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]