ORIENTAL TRANSLATION FUND.

NEW SERIES.

THE RAUZAT-US-SAFA;

OR,

GARDEN OF PURITY.

CONTAINING

The Life of Muhammad the Apostle of Allah.

BY

MUHAMMAD BIN KHÂVENDSHÂH BIN MAHMÛD,

COMMONLY CALLED MIRKHOND.

PART II.

VOLUME FIRST.

Translated from the Original Persian

BY

E. REHATSEK,

AND

EDITED BY

F. F. ARBUTHNOT, M.R.A.S.

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE

ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY;

AND SOLD AT

22, ALBEMARLE STREET, LONDON.

1893.