XCV.
NÁDIR-NÁMA
OF
MIRZÁ MUHAMMAD MAHDÍ.

THIS history is the production of Mirzá Muhammad Mahdí of Mázandarán, who attended Nádir Sháh as confidential secretary in all his military expeditions. The character of this detailed history is generally eulogistic; but as the author survived his master, and has not omitted to recount the mad actions com­mitted by Nádir Sháh in the latter period of his life, faith may be generally placed in his relation of the events of this period. The Nádir-náma was translated into French by Sir W. Jones at the desire of the King of Denmark, and is therefore well known to European students. Another name which this work bears is Táríkh-i Jahán-kusháí, but as that name is generally appro­priated to the valuable history of the Mughals by 'Aláu-d dín Malik 'Atá Malik Juwainí (No. IX., Vol. II. p. 384), it will save confusion not to give the title to the Nádir-náma.

The life of Nádir by Mr. Fraser, who availed himself of con­temporary records in India, and the works of Jonas Hanway, afford the English reader all the information he can desire on the subject of this tyrant.

SIZE—8VO., 688 pages of 15 lines each.