1869.] Badaoni and his WorJcs. 115 



prosecution of Persian and Arabic publications by the Society, and 

 resolved that the Committee cordially concur with him in the pro- 

 priety of publishing the Tabaqdt i JSTdgiri." The Memo, alluded to, 

 I have not been able to trace among the records ; but the substance of 

 it may be embodied in Major Lees' remarks on p. 465 of our Journal 

 for 1864. Regarding the Tabaqdt i Ndciri, he says : — 



" Of the contents of the work, the late Mr. Morley in his Catalogue, 

 " gave a brief outline ; and from the examination I made of the book, 

 " his remarks appear to convey an accurate impression of its valxie : 

 "of the propriety then of our publishing the portion mentioned [G-hori 

 " Dynasty up to Naciruddin Mahmiid], there could not, I think, be a 

 " question." 



Mr. Cowell's proposal to print the Tarikh i Badaoni was accepted 

 on the 8th April, 1863. The following entry refers to it : — 



" Capt. Lees' Report on the MSS. of the Tarikh i Badaoni was 

 read and approved ; but his suggestions relative to the Tabaqdt i 

 Akbari to be deferred to a future meeting." 



It is a matter of regret that the printing of the Tabaqat i Nizam i 

 Bakhshi* was allowed to be deferred. The three very inferior MSS. 

 of the Tarikh i Badaoni were handed over to Maulawi Kabiruddin 

 Ahmad ; who edited the second volume (Akbar's reign) ; afterwards, 

 for the first and third volumes, they were given to Maulawi Agha 

 Ahmad 'Ali of the Calcutta Madrasah.f The completing fasciculus 

 of the whole work, together with a short biographical notice of Badaoni 

 in Persian, has just been issued. 



The Annual Report for 1864 announced the completion of the 

 Tabaqdt i Ndciri, and the issue of five fasciculi of Badaoni. 



During 1865, the historical editions were vigorously proceeded with. 

 On the 22nd June, 1864, Major Lees proposed that the Iqbdlmimah i 

 Jalidngiri should be printed. Though it was of little advantage to 

 print this work as it is a verbatim extract from the Tuzuk i Jahdngiri% 



* Called by mistake Nakhsabi on p. 468 of our Journal for 1864. 



f Vide Journal A. S. Bengal for 1868, No. I., p. 20. 



X 1 have collected the places in the Iqbalnamah which contain either 

 new items of information, or differences from the Tuzuk, and trust to have 

 shortly leisure to put them in form of sin essay. If one of the two works is to 

 be translated, it must be the Tuzuk (Sayyid Ahmad' s edition). There are few 

 works which contain more collateral information than the Tuzuk. 



