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| I. | PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION OF PAGE 28b OF GUL-BADAN BEGAM'S MS. | Frontispiece |
| II. | PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION OF AN AUTO- |
Facing xiii |
| III. | AMĪR TIMŪR | 84 |
| IV. | BĀBAR DEVOTING HIMSELF FOR HIS SON | 105 |
| V. | THE EMPEROR HUMĀYŪN | 112 |
| VI. | SHĪR SHĀH AFGHĀN | 133 |
| VII. | INCIDENTS CONNECTED WITH THE BIRTH OF AKBAR | 158 |
| VIII. | NAUTCH IN CELEBRATION OF AKBAR'S BIRTH | 160 |
| IX. | HYMN OF PRAISE FOR AKBAR'S BIRTH | 162 |
| X. | THE EMPEROR AKBAR | 164 |
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AUTOGRAPH NOTE OF SHĀH-JAHĀN.
[To face p. xiii.