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# Maʾathir al-umaraʾ (Maʾāthir al-umarāʾ)

The Deeds of the Nobles

Biographical dictionary of some 730 nobles of the Mughal empire from Akbar to the mid-eighteenth century.

- **Language:** Persian
- **Date:** 1742–1780 CE
- **Authors:** [Ṣamṣām al-Daula Shāhnawāz Khān](https://indike.org/pramana/person/shahnawaz-khan), [ʿAbd al-Ḥayy Khān](https://indike.org/pramana/person/abd-al-hayy)
- **Extent:** 542 words
- **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry)

## Translations (1)

- [Ma-ásiru-l Umará, of Sháh Nawáz Khán Samsámu-d daula (Elliot & Dowson, extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.biography.maasir-al-umara~en-elliot) — English

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.biography.maasir-al-umara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.biography.maasir-al-umara) · Pramāṇa
