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I.	PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION OF PAGE 28b OF GUL-BADAN BEGAM'S MS.	Frontispiece
II.	PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION OF AN AUTO-GRAPH NOTE OF THE EMPEROR SHĀH-JAHĀN	Facing xiii
III.	AMĪR TIMŪR	84
IV.	BĀBAR DEVOTING HIMSELF FOR HIS SON	105
V.	THE EMPEROR HUMĀYŪN	112
VI.	SHĪR SHĀH AFGHĀN	133
VII.	INCIDENTS CONNECTED WITH THE BIRTH OF AKBAR	158
VIII.	NAUTCH IN CELEBRATION OF AKBAR'S BIRTH	160
IX.	HYMN OF PRAISE FOR AKBAR'S BIRTH	162
X.	THE EMPEROR AKBAR	164

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AUTOGRAPH NOTE OF SHĀH-JAHĀN.
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