The Memoirs of Bābur 914.6

914.6

Another work issuing also from a _Ṣafawī_ centre is Mīr Sikandar's _Tārīkh-i-`ālam-arāī_, a history of Shāh `Abbas I, with an introduction treating of his predecessors which was completed in 1025 AH. (1616 AD.). Its interest lies in its outlook on Bābur's dealings with Shāh Ismā`īl. A later source, brief only, is Firishta's _Tārīkh-i-firishta_, finished under Jahāngīr in the first quarter of the 17th century. Mr. Erskine makes frequent reference to Kh(w)āfī Khān's _Tārīkh_, a secondary authority however, written under Aurangzīb, mainly based on Firishta's work, and merely summarizing Bābur's period. References to detached incidents of the period are found in Shaikh `Abdu'l-qādir's _Tārīkh-i-badāyūnī_ and Mīr Ma`ṣūm's _Tārīkh-i-sind_. _EVENTS OF THE UNCHRONICLED YEARS_