THIS is not an abridgment of the Khulásatu-t Tawáríkh, as the name might lead us to suppose, but a brief abstract History of India, made without any reference to that work.

The Muntakhab has no Preface, and begins without any preliminary praises; but at the end, the copyist says that it was composed by a person named Rám Parshád. It is of no use except to the merest beginner. It is chiefly devoted to the Tímúrian Sovereigns—one page only being given to the period which preceded them. The work ends with the accession of Akbar II., and contains 40 pages of 15 lines each; but some tables are added from the Jám-i Jam of Saiyid Ahmad Khán, by which the volume is expanded to 84 pages.

The only copy I know of belongs to Nawáb 'Alí Muhammad Khán of Jhajjar.