CONTENTS.

The Prophets.—Ancient Persian Kings.—Kings of Bábil and Assyria.—Israelites.—Yúnán.—Himyarites.—Yemen.—Ghas-sán.—Hirah.—Turkish Kings from Japhet.—Tátárs.—Mughals. —Muhammad and the first Khalífas.—Imáms.—Ummayides. —'Abbásides.—Táhirites.—Aghlabites.—Túlúnites.—Ikhshí-dites. * —Hamadánites.—Saffárians.—Sámánians.—Ghaznivides. —Atábaks.—Obaydites.—Khwárazm-sháhís.—Ghorians and Kings of Dehlí.—Aiyúbites.—Kings of the Arabs.—Rulers of Turkistán before Changíz Khán.—Changíz Khán and his de­scendants.—Various Rulers of Persia, Ilkhánians, etc., etc.— Various Rulers of India, viz. Dakhin, Gujarát, Málwá, Khán-desh, Bengal, Jaunpúr, Kashmír, Sind, Multán, Osmanlis of Constantinople, Gúrgánians, Bábar, Humáyún, Akbar, Jahángír, and Safí Kings of Persia.

SIZE.—Small folio, containing 884 pages of 17 lines each; but the codex is here and there defective, and the history of the Safí, Súfí, or Safaví kings of Persia, mentioned in the copious table of contents, occupying nearly six pages of the preface, is not bound up with this volume. A note in the beginning of the volume states that it contains 522 folios, which was probably the correct number before the abstractions.

Of the portions relating to India, the history of the Ghazni-vides occupies from fol. 86v. to fol. 90v.;—the ancient history of the Ghorians, and the Kings of Dehlí, from Shahábu-d dín to Ibráhím bin Sikandar Lodí, from fol. 141r. to fol. 157v.;—the minor Dynasties of India, from fol. 262v. to fol. 344r.; of which Gujarát occupies 18 folios, and Kashmír 20 folios. The account of Bábar begins at fol. 372r., Humáyún 373r., Akbar 385v., and Jahángír 437v.

In these latter portions he has been very particular with regard to his dates, his official duties having probably taught him the value of correctness in such matters; for in the two short Extracts which follow, we find him at one time a pay­master, and at another a revenue accountant.

This work is rare. There is a copy of some antiquity in the Motí Mahall Library at Lucknow. The Tonk Nawáb has one, and so has Muhammad Hasan of Cawnpore, and Fakír Núru-d dín of Lahore. Other copies have been heard of. Mu­hammad Hasan's copy contains the whole of the Safaví dynasty.