ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>T&#256R&#298KH-I-IR&#256DAT KH&#256N&#298</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279<i>T&#256R&#298<u>KH</u>-I-IR&#256DAT <u>KH</u>&#256N&#298</i>, an undated old Persian manuscript in the Oriental Public Library, Pa&#7789n&#257, comprising the memoirs of Mirz&#257 Mub&#257rakull&#257h W&#257zih. The title inscribed on the fly-leaf is <i>Tar&#299<u>kh</u>-i-Mub&#257rak&#299</i>. The work which is also known as <i>Maqtal us-Sal&#257t&#299n</i> is a history of the successors of Emperor Aura&#7749gz&#299b from 1707 to 1714. The manuscript, in <i>nasta'liq</i> style, covers 174 pages, with 15 lines to a page. Dates are few but the chronological sequence has been maintained. The author belonged to a noble family and held a high rank under the sons and successors of Emperor Aura&#7749gz&#299b. As a personal friend of Commander Mun'im <u>Kh</u>&#257n, he was present in the Mu<u>gh</u>al army at the battle of Lohga&#7771h against Band&#257 Si&#7749gh Bah&#257dur. His account of the action, based upon personal observation, is of great historical value. He refers to the "spirit of martyrdom among the Sikhs." Delhi and its environs had been so terrorized by the news of Band&#257 Si&#7749gh's victories that Emperor Bah&#257dur Sh&#257h decided to march in person against him, declaring a holy war (<i>jih&#257d</i>) upon the Sikhs. Band&#257 Si&#7749gh's citadel was captured, though he himself escaped disguised as a <i>jog&#299</i>.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An abridged English translation of the work by Jonathan Scott was published in 1786 in London.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Kirpal Singh, <i>A Catalogue of Persian and Sanskrit Manuscripts</i>. Amritsar, 1962<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Syad Hasan Askar&#299<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>