1869.] Baddoni and his Works. Ill 



The number of MSS. which Mr. Hammond succeeded in purchasing 

 or borrowing amounted to no less than 67. They were — 



Tarikh-i-Firuz-Shahi by Ziai Barani, 6 MSS. ; Tarikh-i-Firuz-Shahi 

 by Shams Siraj 'Afif, 3 ; Iqbalnamah i Jahangiri of Mu'tamid Khan, 6 ; 

 Tuzuk i Jahangiri, by the Emperor Jahangir, 3 ; Maasir-i- Jahangiri, 

 1 ; Siyar al-Mutaakhkharin, 3 ; Tarikh-i-Farishtah, 3 ; Khulacat ut- 

 Tawarikh, 2 ; Zubdat ut-Tawarikh by 'Abdul Haq, from Mu'izz ud- 

 din to Akbar, 1 ; Zubdat ut-Tawarikh by 'Abd ul-Karim, from 

 Muhammad Shah to E. I. Company, 1 ; Akbarnamak, Part I., 4 ; 

 Idem, Part II., 1 ; Sawanih i Akbari, 3 ; Shah Jahannamah, 1 ; 

 Tarikh-i-Baclaoni, 2 ; Maasir i 'Alamgiri of Muhammad Saqi, 1 ; 'Alam- 

 girnamah i Dosalah, by the same, 1 ; Maasir i 'Alamgiri, by Munshi 

 Muhammad Kazim, 1 ; Tarikh-i- 'Alamgiri, author unknown, 1 ; Mun- 

 takhab ul Lubab, 1 ; 'Ibrat-namah, Yol. II,, 1 ; Tarikh i Muzaffari, 3 ; 

 Tabaqat i Timuriah (abstract of Vol. I.), 1 ; Zafarnamah, 1 ; Tuzuk i 

 Timuri, by Amir Timur, 2 ; Tarikh-i-Timuri (by ?), 1 ; Malfuzat i Amir 

 Timur, by Muhammad Afzal, 1 ; Nadir uz Zamani, by Munshi Mahdi, 

 3 ; Khula9at ut Tawarikh, 3 ; Hadiqat ul Aqalim, 1 ; Idem, abstract of, 

 1 ; Makhzan i Afghani, 1 ; Maasir ul Umara, 1 ; (???) Sikandari, 1 ; 

 Tarikh Mamalik i Hind, 1. 



1 TheMSS.of ZiaiBarani'sTarikh-i-Firuz-Shahi,' says Mr. Hammond, 

 1 were carefully collated, under my supervision, by Maulvi Faiz Ahmad, 

 Sarishtahdar of the Board of Revenue at Agra, a man well versed in 

 Oriental literature, a good Persian and Arabic scholar, and much 

 employed by the late Sir Henry Elliot. He disappeared during the 

 mutiny, and I never could ascertain any particulars regarding his fate. 

 In collating the MSS. he was assisted by two competent Munshis. One 

 copy of Zia i Barani's history, belonging to Sayyid Ahmad, was pre- 

 pared for press, and (I believe) formed the basis of the text lately 

 printed in Calcutta. This and one other MS. of Zia i Barani alone 

 escaped. All the others were placed by me in a strong chest on 

 leaving India in 1856, and were deposited in the Record Office of the 

 Board of Revenue at Agra, which edifice was burnt during the 

 mutiny. There were in the same box some MSS. of Arabic and 

 Persian Dictionaries.' 



1 The MSS. of Shams i Siraj 'Afif's history were also collated, and 

 some others commenced upon. I defrayed from my private means 



