Muḥammad Amīn ibn Dawlat Muḥammad Ḥusaynī

Historian

Muḥammad Amīn ibn Dawlat Muḥammad Ḥusaynī came from Iran and entered the service of the military governor of Ahmadagar some time during Jahāngīr’s reign (r. 1014–37/1605–27, see Jahāngīr). His only known work is ʾAnfāʿ al-aḫbār. ʾAnfāʿ al-aḫbār is a general history from the earliest times to the time of the work’s compilation during Jahāngīr’s reign in 1036/1626–7. The work is divided into ten sections. The last section is devoted to a history of the Mughals and some contemporary accounts of the author’s own times. The author’s date of death is not known.