THIS is an abridgment of the Siyaru-l Muta-akhkhirín by Farzand 'Alí of Monghír, who says respecting himself:

“Being highly desirous to learn the history of the great kings of former times, I employed myself in the study of the Siyaru-l Muta-akhkhirín, the unrivalled composition of Ghulám 'Alí Khán. As this book has many beauties and advantages, which are rarely found in any other work on history, it has ever been dear to my heart; but its extreme prolixity not only demands a long time for its perusal, but exhausts the patience of readers; so at the request of some of my friends, I made an abstract of the work, and denominated it Mulakhkhasu-t Tawáríkh.”

This work is divided into three parts. Part I. Brief account of the Kings of India, from the reign of Tímúr to the twenty-second year of Muhammad Sháh, 1738 A.D. Part II. A full account of the transactions in Bengal, 'Azímábád, and Orissa, to the commencement of the English rule in 1781 A.D. Part III. Transactions from the twenty-second year of Muhammad Sháh up to the twenty-third year of Sháh 'Álam's reign, 1781 A.D.

It has been printed in a quarto volume, containing 511 pages of 19 lines each.

There is another abridgment of the Siyaru-l Muta-akhkhirín by Maulaví 'Abdu-l Karím, Head Master of the Persian Office. It was printed in Calcutta in one volume quarto in 1827, under the name of Zubdatu-t Tawáríkh.