JOURNAL 
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. 
New Series. 
Vol. IX.—1918. 
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1. The Mirza Namah (The Book of the Perfect 
Gentleman) of Mirzéi Kamran with an 
English Translation. 
By Mawtavi M. Hipayat Hosa, 
Lecturer, Presidency College, Calcutta . 
Last year during the vacation I was invited by my much 
esteemed friend Qadi Muhammad Mahmid Sahib of Chakdah 
prudence, Tradition, etc. Among them I came across this 
unique MS. entitled Mirza Namah.' He generously lent it to 
m is in a bad shikastah and consequently I took a 
long time to decipher it and make the transcript for the press. 
Although the title-page goes to prove that this was written 
by Mirza Kamran, yet there is nothing in the context of the book 
which might establish the identity of Mirza Kamran the learned 
son of Emperor Babur with this Mirzi Kamran. The only 
persons mentioned as his phetiantinir ty in this pamphlet are 
Rafi‘-i-Shirazi, Jalala-i-Ardastani and Qadi Zada-i-Girahridi. 
Mirza Rafi 4-Shirazi was the author of the Tazkirat al-Mulik, 
and he has mentioned in his preface that in the year 1017 
A.H. when his age was seventy years he began this book. 
8 onag ar the ‘‘Catalogue of Persian ie of the British 
SMisnotinns p. o. V, mentions another work of same name and says 
the work, eek. is anonymous, was oleae pines in India. It 
ins: 
Et AS lat tO ols ai pow gles 
A copy of this book also exists in the library of the Asiatic Society 
of Bengal. It contains the author’s name which is Mirzé Mu ,ammad 
Khalil. 
