A

 

TRANSLATION

 

OF THE

 

MEMOIRS OF ERADUT KHAN,

 

A NOBLEMAN OF HINDOSTAN,

 

CONTAINING

 

INTERESTING ANECDOTES

 

OF THE

 

EMPEROR AULUMGEER AURUNGZEBE,

 

AND OF HIS SUCCESSORS,

 

SHAW AULUM AND JEHAUNDAR SHAW;

 

IN WHICH ARE DISPLAYED

 

THE CAUSES OF THE VERY PRECIPITATE DECLINE

 

OF THE

 

MOGUL EMPIRE IN INDIA.

 

BY JONATHAN SCOTT,

 

CAPTAIN IN THE SERVICE OF THE HONOURABLE EAST-INDIA COMPANY, AND PRIVATE PERSIAN TRANSLATOR TO WARREN HASTINGS, ESQUIRE, LATE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF BENGAL, &c. &c. &c.

 

LONDON:

 

PRINTED FOR JOHN STOCKDALE, OPPOSITE BURLINGTON-HOUSE, PICCADILLY.

 

MDCCLXXXVI.