The T?zuk-i-Jah?ng?r?, or the Memoirs of Jahangir, written by Nur-ud-Din Muhammad Salim Jahangir (r.165-1627) gives a lively picture of India in the early decades of the seventeenth century. Written in Persian, Jahangir follows the writing style of his great-grandfather Babur. It contains details pertaining to art, battles and conquests, military aspects, religion, social issues, and his household. T?zuk contains the first nineteen years (165-1623) of Jahangir’s rule, while the rest of the memoirs were entrusted to Muhammad Hadi and Mutamid Khan, who wrote the biography of the said Mughal emperor, Iqb?l N?ma-i-Jah?ng?r?. The autobiography meticulously describes the minute details depicting flora and fauna, as Jahangir was also a naturalist. Also, it contains the early life of Jahangir’s successor and the fourth Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan (r.1628-58). The printed version was published by Islamic scholar and reformer Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, printed at Ghazipur (1863) and Aligarh (1864). Filled with folios containing miniature paintings, the entire manuscript of T?zuk is preserved at the National Museum, New Delhi, and several albums are deposited at the British?Museum,?London. About the Author Alexander Rogers (1825-191) was an Indian civil servant and orientalist. He was appointed as the Collector and Magistrate in 186, and was a member of Council of Bombay Presidency in 1872. He wrote books, such as History of Land Revenue Settlement of Bombay and also translated the classical Persian romantic work, Yusuf and Zulekha and?other?modern?Persian?plays. Henry Beveridge (1837-1929) was an Indian Civil Service officer and orientalist. He translated the famous Akbar N?ma (vols. 1-3), and the author of several books like The District of Bakarganj: Its History and Statistics and Texts and The Trial of Maharaja Nanda Kumar: A Narrative?of?a?Judicial?Murder. \n
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