The Maathir-ul-Umara being Biographies of the Muhammadan and Hindu Officers of the Timurid Sovereigns of India.,.Volume II

Khan, Samsam-ud-Daula Shah Nawaz [ Beveridge, H.; & Prashad, Baini; editors and translators: ]

Published by The Asiatic Society, Calcutta, 1952

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24x16cm, xxxiv,1127pp, A small pinhole to half-title. Some foxing to text. Some discoloration to flyleaves. A stain to pages 337-341. Some small wormholes to the corner margins of pages 621-628, affecting three letters from several words on pages 627-628.Spine and rear corner bumps. This is Volume II only of this biographical dictionary of the eastern Timurid empire, covering 'M' ['Madhu Singh Hara'.] through 'Z' ['Zain Khan Koka'] to 'Dh' [Dhakriya Khan Bahadur Hizbar Jang' to 'Dhulqadar Khan Turkaman']+ Appendix. Volume 1 consisted of three double fascicles of 200 pages each published at Calcutta between 1911 and 1914 plus a final fascicle concluding the letter 'L' appearing in 1941. The full title concludes: ".and Hindu Officers of the Timurid Sovereigns of India from 1500 to about 1780 A.D. by Nawwab Samsam-ud-Daula Shah Nawaz Khan and his Son 'Abdul Hayy". Recent binder's crude blind cloth-backed boards. Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Maathir-ul-Umara being Biographies of the Muhammadan and Hindu Officers of the Timurid Sovereigns of India.,.Volume II
• Publisher: The Asiatic Society, Calcutta
• Publication Date: 1952
• Binding: boards
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  • Medieval India