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The Persian chronicler Ferishta (1560-1620) composed his great
work, published in this four-volume English translation in 1829, at
the court of Bijapur - where he spent most of his life - under the
patronage of King Ibrahim Adil Shah II. It covers Muslim India from
around 975 to 1612 and is notable for its balance, despite
Ferishta's close involvement with some of the events and people he
records. In the translator's preface, East India Company officer
John Briggs (1785-1875) highlights the danger of misconceptions
about the people of India and the importance of religious policy in
the success or failure of her various governments. Volume 1
includes introductory matter, a chapter on pre-Muslim India,
histories of the Ghaznavid kings of Lahore, and information on the
rulers of Delhi. Also included is Briggs' valuable comparative
chronology of events in Europe and India.
The Persian chronicler Ferishta (1560-1620) composed his great
work, published in this four-volume English translation in 1829, at
the court of Bijapur - where he spent most of his life - under the
patronage of King Ibrahim Adil Shah II. It covers Muslim India from
around 975 to 1612 and is notable for its balance, despite
Ferishta's close involvement with some of the events and people he
records. Valuable additions to the text made by the translator,
East India Company officer John Briggs (1785-1875), include
genealogical tables and notes, as well as a comparative chronology
of events in Europe and India. Volume 2 examines the descendants of
Timur (or Tamerlane) and the founding by Babur of the Mughal
dynasty in the early sixteenth century. It also contains coverage
of the kings of the Deccan to the dissolution of the Bahmani
sultanate after 1518.
The Persian chronicler Ferishta (1560-1620) composed his great
work, published in this four-volume English translation in 1829, at
the court of Bijapur - where he spent most of his life - under the
patronage of King Ibrahim Adil Shah II. It covers Muslim India from
around 975 to 1612 and is notable for its balance, despite
Ferishta's close involvement with some of the events and people he
records. Valuable additions to the text made by the translator,
East India Company officer John Briggs (1785-1875), include
genealogical tables and notes, as well as a comparative chronology
of events in Europe and India. Volume 3 continues with coverage of
the five Deccan sultanate states from 1518. This includes Briggs'
own valuable account of the history of the kings of Golkonda and a
chronology of the Portuguese wars in India. The coverage of the
Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur in the sixteenth century notably
draws on Ferishta's first-hand knowledge.
The Persian chronicler Ferishta (1560-1620) composed his great
work, published in this four-volume English translation in 1829, at
the court of Bijapur - where he spent most of his life - under the
patronage of King Ibrahim Adil Shah II. It covers Muslim India from
around 975 to 1612 and is notable for its balance, despite
Ferishta's close involvement with some of the events and people he
records. Valuable additions to the text made by the translator,
East India Company officer John Briggs (1785-1875), include
genealogical tables and notes, as well as a comparative chronology
of events in Europe and India. Volume 4 covers the kings of
Gujarat, Malwa, Khandesh, Bengal and Bihar, Jaunpur, and Multan.
There are also histories of Sindh and Kashmir. A comparative
chronology of the minor kingdoms that eventually became part of the
Mughal empire is included, and Briggs' appendices provide
glossaries of names and places.
Serving in Bengal as a captain of the East India Company, Jonathan
Scott (1753 1829) became a private Persian translator to
Governor-General Warren Hastings in 1783. A gifted orientalist, he
was elected a member of the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1784,
returned to England in 1785, and a year later published the first
of his many translations, Memoirs of Eradut Khan (also reissued in
the Cambridge Library Collection), shedding light on the Mughal
empire in the seventeenth century. This two-volume work, published
in 1794, narrates the fortunes of the Islamic kingdoms in southern
India from the thirteenth century onwards. Volume 1 comprises a
translation of the work of the Persian chronicler Ferishta (1560
1620), documenting the history of the Deccan Plateau to the end of
the sixteenth century.
Serving in Bengal as a captain of the East India Company, Jonathan
Scott (1753 1829) became a private Persian translator to
Governor-General Warren Hastings in 1783. A gifted orientalist, he
was elected a member of the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1784,
returned to England in 1785, and a year later published the first
of his many translations, Memoirs of Eradut Khan (also reissued in
the Cambridge Library Collection), shedding light on the Mughal
empire in the seventeenth century. This two-volume work, published
in 1794, narrates the fortunes of the Islamic kingdoms in southern
India from the thirteenth century onwards. Based around
translations from various manuscripts, Volume 2 covers the conquest
of the Deccan Plateau by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, the rise of
the Maratha leader Shivaji and the reigns of the later Mughal
emperors. Also included is an account of the state of Bengal from
the mid-eighteenth century.
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