This three-volume work chronicles three decades of the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shahjahan (16281658). The first two volumes are by Abdul-Hamid Lahauri, and the third volume, available for the first time, is by Muhammad Waris. Since it is a court chronicle, the emphasis throughout is on the rise and fall of courtiers, governors, administrators, and military commanders and on incessant military campaigns in the Deccan, Bengal, and Afghanistan, but valuable details of life at court
and the architecture of one of India's most avid builders are also included. This is an indispensable resource for students and scholars of Mughal India as well as those interested in Persian and Iranian studies.

Covers the second ten years of Shah Jahan's reign (16371647) Is a pioneering translation of official Mughal court biographies with commentaries Presents the history of South Asia and their Persia, and other parts of the world

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Wheeler Thackston is a retired professor of Persian and other Near Eastern languages. He has translated the memoirs of Babur and Jahangir, several histories of Humayun, the Akbarnama , and Ghulam Husain Khan's history of eighteenth-century India.

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Chapter 1 The beginning of the first year of the second decade of the eternal reign.- Chapter 2 The beginning of the second year of the second decade.- Chapter 3 The beginning of the third auspicious year of the second decade of the reign.