[THE Editor has been unable to discover either the exact title of this work or the name of the author. There is no copy of the original MS. in Sir H. M. Elliot's library, nor is the work to be found in the British Museum, in the Library of the India Office, or in that of the Royal Asiatic Society. The following Ex­tracts have been taken from a translation made by Mr. (now Sir) D. Forsyth, and headed “History of Ahmad Sháh.” It is a work of some length, and terminates abruptly about six months before the deposition of Ahmad in 1754 A.H. It begins with the following exordium.]