1869.] Badaoni and his Works. 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 Ndgiri." 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 value : 

 "of the propriety then of our publishing the portion mentioned [Grhori 



II 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 : — 



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

 read and approved ; but his suggestions relative to the Tabaqat 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 

 Tabaqat 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 Iqbdlndmah i 

 Jalumcfiri should be printed. Though it - was of little advantage to 

 print this work as it is a verbatim extract from the Tuzuh i Jahdngir'i% 



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



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



j I have collected the places in the Iqbalnamah which contain, either 

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

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

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

 works which contain more collateral information than the Tnzuk. 



