THIS “Revealer of News” was composed by 'Ináyat Husain of Mahrard for the instruction of his son, Imdád Husain, and the edification of some of his friends, and occupied him nine years. There is nothing whatever in it to warrant so much waste of time, for the historical portion is a mere transcript from his predecessors without a word of novelty. The geographical chapter is most useful, though even in that there is little not to be found in the Hadíkatu-l Akálím. 'Ináyat Husain does not himself mention his authorities, but the transcriber of the copy I have used adds in a postscript the monstrous assertion that the author has con­sulted no less than four hundred and eighty-four works in the course of his compilation. This information he professes to have derived from the author himself.

The exact year of completion is not mentioned, but as notice is taken of the death of Sháh 'Álam, and the accession of Akbar II., the work must have been completed subsequent to 1220 A.H. (1805 A.D.). The Káshifu-l Akhbár is not divided into books and chapters, but the most prominent divisions and subjects are the following. Some miscellaneous matters, such as a “history of inventions,” are necessarily omitted in this abstract of contents.