THE author of this work is Fakír Muhammad, son of Kází Muhammad Rizá, inhabitant of Rájapúr, pargana of Sántapúr in Bengal.
The author says that he was from his youth devoted to historical studies, and he gives a list of all the works which he had collected and read; but none of them are of any novelty or peculiar interest. His compendium, however, is useful to the student of Asiatic history. It was printed at Calcutta in 1836 A.D., at the press of Munshí Irádatu-llah, and the press was corrected by Maulaví Khádim Husain, a teacher in the Calcutta College.
The work is divided into fourteen Sections.