THE “Garden of the Immaculate,” a general history by Táhir Muhammad bin Imádu-d dín Hasan bin Sultán 'Alí bin Hájí Muhammad Husain Sabzwárí. It was commenced A.H. 1011, A.D. 1602-3, three years before the death of Akbar, and concluded A.H. 1015, A.D. 1606-7, after the accession of Jahángír; and as the year of the Hijra 1011 is numerically represented by Rauzat, the author, as he tells us in his preface, has combined that word with his own name, Táhir, to form the fanciful title he has given to his history.
The contents of the work are much the same as those of other general Asiatic histories. It begins with a copious Index, which it is to be regretted other authors have not imitated. It extends to the 45th page, and serves as a chronological table, as it shows how long each sovereign reigned.
The Rauzatu-t Táhirín is divided into five Books (kism), subdivided into Chapters (báb), and Sections (fasl). Some of these Sections are more minutely subdivided, not for the mere purpose of showing the author's ingenuity, but because the different dynasties treated of really required the distinction.