A
 
TRANSLATION
 
OF THE
 
SËIR MUTAQHERIN;
 
OR
 
VIEW OF MODERN TIMES,
 
BEING AN
 
HISTORY OF INDIA,
 
From the Year 1118 to the Year 1194, (this Year answers to the
 
Christian Year 1781-82) of the Hedjrah;
 
CONTAINING, IN GENERAL,
 
THE REIGNS of the SEVEN LAST EMPERORS of
 
HINDOSTAN,
 
AND IN PARTICULAR,
 
AN ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH WARS IN BENGAL,
 
WITH A CIRCUMSTANTIAL DETAIL OF THE RISE AND FALL OF
 
THE FAMILIES OF
 
SERADJ-ED-DOWLAH, and SHUDJAH-ED-DOWLAH,
 
THE LAST SOVEREIGNS OF BENGAL AND OUD;
 
To which the Author has added
 
CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE ENGLISH GOVERN­MENT
 
AND POLICY IN THOSE COUNTRIES,
 
DOWN TO THE YEAR 1783.
 
The whole written in Persian by
 
SEID-GHOLAM-HOSSEIN-KHAN,
 
An Indian Nobleman of high rank, who wrote both as
 
an Actor and Spectator.
 
VOLUME I