THE
 
SËIR MUTAQHERIN;
 
OR
 
REVIEW OF MODERN TIMES:
 
BEING AN
 
HISTORY OF INDIA,
 
From the Year 1118 to the Year 1194, 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-DÖWLAH and SHUDJAH-ED-DÖWLAH,
 
THE LAST SOVEREIGNS OF BENGAL AND OWD.
 
To which the Author has added
 
A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE ENGLISH GOVERN­MENT
 
AND POLICY IN THOSE COUNTRIES,
 
AS FAR DOWN AS THE YEAR 1783.
 
The whole written in Persian
 
BY
 
SEID-GHOLAM-HOSSEIN-KHAN,
 
An Indian Nobleman of high rank, who wrote both
 
as Actor and Spectator.
 
VOLUME IV.
 
REPRINTED BY
 
SHEIKH MUBARAK ALI
 
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