NOTE BY THE TRANSLATOR.

THIS “History of Sind” affords the following information relative to its Author:—

His name was Mahomed Masoom, with the titular name of Namé: his father’s name was Sufaee Hoosainee, who, leaving his native place Tirmaz, came to Bukkur, where he died and was buried. His descendants are now to be found living on a limited portion of the lands which were presented in Jageer by the Emperor Akbar Shah to the Historian, on the occasion of his visiting and paying his respects to His Majesty in the district of Bukkur.

“He is a fool who lends a book— he is a greater who returns it!”

is an Eastern saying. Acting up to this, the Natives in general have a great repugnance to lend their MSS.; but I had the good fortune to obtain the loan of a copy of this work from His Highness Meer Ali Morad Khan Talpoor, another from Peer Ali Gohur, and a third from Goolam Ali Shah (these two last-named are Syuds of respectable families in Upper Sind): with these before me I executed this transla­tion.