James Kerr, a captain in the East India Company, translated this
Persian text on the history of the Marathas in India. Published in
1782, it was one of the first English works to appear on the
subject. Its content was compiled for Kerr by a Hindustani using
Persian manuscripts and oral tradition. The Marathas had replaced
the Mughal emperors as controllers of a large part of the
sub-continent by the beginning of the eighteenth century, and it
was inevitable that they would come into conflict with the East
India Company. At the time of publication, the first of the three
Anglo Maratha wars had just ended, and interest in Indian affairs
was great. Kerr denies any claim to be a historian, or to offer an
analysis of his sources. The narrative outlines the growth of
Maratha power from the seventeenth century, and concludes with a
glossary of Indian terms.
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