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taken. In a preface to the 3rd volume the editor states that the Akbar- 

 nainah up to the 4j7th year of Akbar's reign is the work of Abul Fazl, 

 and that the continuation to the end of the reign is by Mahabat-'Ali 

 Khan. This writer is not mentioned by Sir Henry Elliot in his account 

 of the Akbarnamah in Vol. VI. The supplement to the Akbarnamah 

 which he quotes is the Takmila-i- Akbarnamah by Mazat-Ulla. Index 

 to Vol. III. Total one fasciculus. 



3. Maasir-ul-Umara, or Memoirs of Nobles, by Nawab Samsam-ud- 

 Dowla Shah Nawiiz Khan, edited by Maulavi Abdur Rahim of the Cal- 

 cutta Madrasah. Professor Dowson says of this work that it may be 

 called " The Peerage of the Mughal Empire." It is a biographical 

 dictionary of the " pillars of the empire " from Akbar's time down to 

 the latter part of the 18th century. It is a modern work, for the author 

 lived till 1757, when he was killed at Aurangabad in the Deccan by the 

 soldiers of Bussy. But the author was a man of much research and 

 consulted many authorities. His book has been mucb used by Professor 

 Blochmann in drawing up his accounts of Akbar's gardens {vide his 

 translation of the Ain-i-Akbari, p. 308 note), and Professor Dowson 

 remarks that the Madsir must always hold its place as one of the most 

 valuable books of reference for the student of Indian History. The 

 real name of the author is Abdu-r-Razzak, Samsam-ud-Dowla &c. 

 being his titles. The work was completed and brought down to 1780 by 

 his son Abdul Hai. Both father and son held high office in Hyderabad. 

 An interesting account of the work and of its authors will be found 

 in Dr. Rieu's Catalogue of the Persian MSS. in the British Museum 

 Vol. I, 339. See also Elliot's History of India, Vol. VIII, 187. Nos. 

 623, 628, 634, 637. Ease. I. II. III. IV. Total four fasciculi. 



4i. Zafarnamah by Maulana Sharfuddin 'Ali of Yazd, edited by 

 Maulavi Muhammed Ilahdad. The Zafarnamah, or Book of Victory, is 

 the history of the exploits of Timur. It was used by Gibbon, (in the 

 French translation of Petis de La- Croix), who says of Sharfuddin that 

 liis Geography and Chronology are wonderfully accurate, and that he 

 may be trusted for public facts, though he servilely praises the virtue 

 and fortune of his hero. An account of the Zafarnamah and numerous 

 extracts from it will be found in Elliot, VIII, 478—522. See also 

 Catalogue of Persian MSS. in the B. M. I, 173. Nos. 604, 610, 616, 

 Vol. I. Fasc. VII, VIII, IX. Nos. 624, 633, 636, Vol. II. Fasc. I, II, III. 

 Total six fasciculi. 



B. SansJcrit Series. 



6. AsHTASAHASRiKA Prajna Paramita, or, the Transcendental 

 Knowledge of the Buddhists in 8,000 slokas, edited by Dr. Rajendralala 



