1854.] Manuscripts of the late Sir H. Elliot, K. 0. B. 243 



90. ^Uc (_U-p. Biography of Shahjahan, from his birth to his 

 death, 1076, by Mo7*ammad Q&lih, at the end are some biographies 

 of celebrated contemporaries. 



Beginning *+*> ) I <j^*» ^\S ^^ %^L. j oLj ^+a* ^jj tlsSJ, 



Myan Mohammad, 1120 pp. of 19 lines, another copy belongs to 

 Nawab 'alyy Mo7jammad Khan, 1278 pp. of 21 lines. 



91. Biography of Shahjahan and 'alamgyr, by Mohammad Qadiq. 

 It begins with the accession of Shahjahan and comes down to the 

 year 51 of the reign of 'alamgyr. 



Beginning u^i'6 v^-L^i &£ )jtj£<Hy*\ ci^-vi^ <j*>^ 3 &+&. (j*^^t 

 E. two copies, 410 pp. of 24 lines, one copy is of same age 



92. <Wi ul^sr^U.. Shahjahan, an epic poem, by Qodsy (Kalym ?). 

 Beginning cjI^ ^ ^ ^ykU^b cj^ c;^jt Ala ^S ^\^^ pUj 



E. 231 pp. of 11 bayts ; contains merely an abstract. 



93. U-H \jy> &*>G ejl^ sU. A History of ten years of Shah- 

 jahan's reign, in prose, by Munshiy Myrza Mohammad Amyna. 



Beginning ^^ ^AK ^fij ty*J\ <^+*- e^-b 

 E. 4to. 448 pp. of 21 lines, a bad copy, and a copy belonging 

 to 'alyy Mohammad Khan. 



94. *^b c;lsr A U. Biography of Shahjahan, by 'abd al-i?arnyd of 

 Lahdr. It begins with the year 1037, and ends with the Jashan of 

 'alamgyr, at the end are a few biographies of celebrated contem- 

 poraries. 



Beginning isjk^J L£)X^. &*>&j$) '^.p Jy& 



E. 296 pp. of 17 lines. This is a mere abstract, the whole work 

 has 718 pp. of 17 lines. 



There is another History of Shahjahan, 884 pp. of 11 lines, in 

 the collection, in which there is the following pencil note, " This is 

 precisely the same as the 2nd vol. of the Shah-namah abstracted 

 by Chunee Lai, and the blank Shurgirf of this volume may be filled 

 up from that abstract. The biographies of learned contemporaries 

 are omitted at the end. How is it, this contains the whole reign ? 

 It can scarcely be Abdul Hameed's." 



95. &^G ul^s^Li. The History of Shahjahan in prose, by Mo- 

 hammad jPahir who had the title of 'inayat Khan. He was librarian 

 of the emperor and a son of MotzafFar Khan, and compiled this 



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