Muntakhabu-l Lubáb, of Kháfí Khán (Elliot & Dowson, extracts)

Translation of Muntakhab al-lubab (Muntakhab al-lubāb)

Language

English

Date

1877 CE

Translators

Henry Miers Elliot, John Dowson

Extent

512 passages, 108,366 words

Text

complete digital text

Source

archive.org · The History of India, as told by its own Historians. The Muhammadan Period. The posthumous papers of Sir H.… · Public domain (published before 1930)

Contents

• 1 Europeans at Hugli.
• 2 Reign of Abu-l Muzaffar Muhiu-d din Muhammad Aurangzeb Bahadur 'Alamgir Padshah-i Ghazi, Eleventh in Descent from Amir Timur.
• 3 Aurangzeb.
• 4 Birth of Aurangzeb.
• 5 Illness of Shah Jahan.
• 6 Defeat of Muhammad Shuja.
• 7 March against Murad Bakhsh.
• 8 Proceedings of Murad Bakhsh.
• 9 Movements of Aurangzeb. — 4 parts
• 10 Condition of the Emperor Shah Jahan.
• 11 Defeat of Dara Shukoh by Aurangzeb. — 10 parts
• 12 Confinement of Shah Jahan.
• 13 Flight of Dárá Shukoh.
• 14 Imprisonment of Murad Bakhsh.
• 15 Flight of Dara Shukoh. Aurangzeb ascends the Throne.
• 16 Sulaiman Shukoh.
• 17 Dara Shukoh.
• 18 Raja Jaswant.
• 19 Dara Shukoh.
• 20 Prince Shuja.
• 21 Mir Jumla Mu'azzam Khan.
• 22 Defeat of Prince Shujá'. — 5 parts
• 23 Flight of Dara Shukoh.
• 24 Surrender of Allahabad.
• 25 Raja Jaswant.
• 26 Dara Shukoh.
• 27 Prince Shuja'.
• 28 Second Year of the Reign (1659 a.d.).
• 29 Dara Shukoh. — 8 parts
• 30 Remission of Taxes. — 4 parts
• 31 The War with Shuja'.—Defection of Prince Muhammad Sultan. — 4 parts
• 32 Shah Jahan. — 4 parts
• 33 Third Year of the Reign, 1070 (A.H., 1660 A.D.).
• 34 Disappearance of Prince Shuja'.
• 35 Beginning of the troubles with Sivaji. — 4 parts
• 36 Sivaji murders Afzal Khan Bijapuri. — 5 parts
• 37 March of Amiru-l umara to punish Sivaji. — 3 parts
• 38 Sulaimán Shukoh.
• 39 Season of Scarcity.
• 40 Fourth Year of the Reign, 1071 A.H. (1661 A.D.).
• 41 Campaign of Khdn-khdndn Muazzam Khdn (Mir Jumla) against Assam.
• 42 Fifth Year of the Reign, corresponding to 1072 A.H. (1662 A.D.).
• 43 Murder of Prince Murad Bakhsh.
• 44 The Campaign in Assam.
• 45 Sixth Year of the Reign, 1073 A.H. (1663 A.D.)
• 46 Sivaji surprises Shayista Khan at Puna. — 4 parts
• 47 Seventh Year of the Reign, 1074 a.h. (1664 a.d.).
• 48 Eighth Year of the Reign, 1075 a.h. (1665 a.d.).
• 49 War in the Dakkin. Surrender of Sivaji. — 5 parts
• 50 Death of Shah Jahan.
• 51 Ninth Year of the Reign, 1076 A.H. (1666 A.D.).
• 52 Sivaji at the Imperial Court.
• 53 Campaign against Bijapur. — 4 parts
• 54 Sivaji's Escape. — 4 parts
• 55 Siege of Bijapur raised.
• 56 Tenth Year of the Reign, 1077 A.H. (1667 A.D.).
• 57 Eleventh Year of the Reign, 1078 A.H. (1668 A.D.). — 4 parts
• 58 [Twelfth Year of the Reign.]
• 59 Escape of Sivaji.
• 60 Conquests of Sivaji. — 10 parts
• 61 Taxes.
• 62 War with Bijápur.
• 63 Riot of Hindu Devotees.
• 64 Re-Imposition of the Jizya.
• 65 Death of Raja Jaswant Singh.
• 66 The Rana and other Rajputs. Defection of Prince Akbar. — 12 parts
• 67 Twenty-Third Year of the Reign, 1090 A.H. (1679-80 A.D.).
• 68 Affairs of the Dakhin. Death of Sivaji. — 6 parts
• 69 Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign, 1091 A.H. (1680 A.D.).
• 70 Prince Akbar.
• 71 Twenty-fifth Year of the Reign, 1092 A.H. (1681 A.D.).
• 72 Twenty-sixth Year of the Reign, 1093 A.H. (1682 A.D.).
• 73 Prince Akbar.
• 74 Twenty-seventh Year of the Reign, 1094 A.H. (1683 A.D.).
• 75 Siege of Ram-darra.
• 76 Kutbu-l Mulk. — 5 parts
• 77 Twenty-eighth Year of the Reign, 1095 A.H. (1684 A.D.).
• 78 The War with Kutbu-l Mulk of Haidarabad. — 7 parts
• 79 War with Bijapur.
• 80 Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Years of the Reign, 1096 AND 1097 A.H. (1685-6 A.D.).
• 81 Conquest of Bijapur and Haidarabad. — 2 parts
• 82 Thirty-first Year of the Reign, 1098 A.H. (1687 A.D.). — 7 parts
• 83 Thirty-second Year of the Reign, 1099 A.H. (1688 A.D.).
• 84 Thirty-third Year of the Reign, 1100 A.H. (1689 A.D.).
• 85 Thirty-fourth Year of the Reign, 1101 A.H. (1690 A.D.).
• 86 Operations against the Mahrattas. Capture and Execution of Sambhá. — 8 parts
• 87 Thirty-fifth Year of the Reign, 1102 A.H. (1691 A.D.).
• 88 Turbulence of the Jats.
• 89 Thirty-sixth Year of the Reign, 1103 A.H. (1692 A.D.).
• 90 The Portuguese.
• 91 Rám Rája.
• 92 Thirty-seventh Year of the Reign, 1104 A.H. (1693 A.D.).
• 93 The Mahrattas.
• 94 Thirty-eighth Year of the Reign, 1105 A.H. (1694 A.D.).
• 95 Siege of Jinji. Arrest of Prince Kám Bakhsh.
• 96 Capture of a Royal Ship by the English. The English at Bombay. — 9 parts
• 97 Destruction of a Royal Army by the Mahrattas. — 4 parts
• 98 Thirty-ninth Year of the Reign, 1106 A.H. (1694-5 A.D.).
• 99 The Royal Princes.
• 100 Death of Santa Ghorpura.
• 101 'Abdu-r Razzak Lari.
• 102 Fortieth Year of the Reign, 1107 A.H. (1695-6 A.D.).
• 103 Ram Raja. Prince Akbar. Flood.
• 104 FORTY-FIRST YEAR OF THE REIGN, 1108 A.H. (1696-7 A.D.).
• 105 FORTY-SECOND YEAR OF THE REIGN, 1109 A.H. (1697-8 A.D.).
• 106 The Mahrattas.
• 107 Forty-third Year of the Reign, 1110 A.H. (1698-9 A.D.).
• 108 Campaign against the Mahrattas. Siege of Sattara. — 6 parts
• 109 Death of Ram Raja.
• 110 Surrender of Sattara and Capture of Parli. — 4 parts
• 111 FORTY-FOURTH YEAR OF THE REIGN, 1111 A.H. (1699-1700 A.D.).
• 112 FORTY-FIFTH YEAR OF THE REIGN, 1112 A.H. (1700-1 A.D.).
• 113 Sieges of Forts.
• 114 Forty-sixth Year of the Reign, 1113 A.H. (1701-2 A.D.).
• 115 Forty-seventh Year of the Reign, 1114 A.H. (1702-3 A.D.).
• 116 The Mahrattas. — 6 parts
• 117 Forty-eighth Year of the Reign, 1115 A.H. (1703-4 A.D.).
• 118 Siege of Wákinkera. — 3 parts
• 119 Forty-ninth Year of the Reign, 1116 a.h. (1704-5 a.d.).
• 120 Siege of Wakinkera. — 5 parts
• 121 Illness of the Emperor.
• 122 Fiftieth Year of the Reign, 1117 A.H. (1705-6 A.D.).
• 123 Illness of the Emperor.
• 124 Fifty-First Year of the Reign, 1118 A.H. (1706-7 A.D.).
• 125 Death of the Emperor. — 4 parts
• 126 Accession of Shah 'Alam Badshah (Bahadur Shah), Twelfth in Descent from Amir Timur.
• 127 Prince Muhammad A'zam Shah claims the Crown. — 4 parts
• 128 Prince Kam Bakhsh.
• 129 Prince A'zam Shah.
• 130 Shah 'Alam (Bahadur Shah). — 5 parts
• 131 March of Prince A'zam.
• 132 Release of Sáhu.
• 133 Defeat and Death of A'zam Shah. — 11 parts
• 134 Promotions, Appointments, and other Arrangements. — 4 parts
• 135 Ajit Singh and other Rajputs.
• 136 Second Year of the Reign, 1119 a.h. (1707-8 a.d.).
• 137 Prince Muhammad Kam Bakhsh. — 4 parts
• 138 Nimá Sindhiá. The Mahrattas.
• 139 Titles. Character of Bahadur Shah.
• 140 The Freebooter Pap Rái. — 4 parts
• 141 Third Year of the Reign, 1120 A.H. (1708-9 A.D.).
• 142 The Sikhs. — 14 parts
• 143 The Rajputs.
• 144 Fourth Year of the Reign, 1121 A.H. (1709-10 A.D.).
• 145 Mahratta Attack on Burhanpur.
• 146 The Sikhs. — 5 parts
• 147 Death of Mun'im Khan, Khan-khanan.
• 148 Death of Ghaziu-d din Khan Firoz Jang.
• 149 The Khutba.
• 150 Fifth Year of the Reign, 1122 A.H. (1710 A.D.).
• 151 Death of Bahadur Shah.
• 152 Reign of Jahandar Shah, Thirteenth in Descent from Amir Timur Sahib Kiran.
• 153 Defeat and Death of 'Azimu-sh Shan.
• 154 Defeat and Death of Jahan Shah.
• 155 Death of Rafi'u-sh Shan.
• 156 Jahandar Shah Emperor. — 5 parts
• 157 Troops sent against Farrukh Siyar. — 8 parts
• 158 Reign of Sultan Muhammad Farrukh Siyar, Son of 'Azimu-sh Shan, Son of Bahadur Shah, Fourteenth in Descent from Amir Timur.
• 159 March of Farrukh Siyar from Patna.
• 160 Personal to the Author.
• 161 Appointment of Ministers.
• 162 Murders, and other Punishments. — 5 parts
• 163 Second Year of the Reign (1124 A.H., 1712 A.D.). — 7 parts
• 164 Nizámu-l Mulk.
• 165 Husain 'Ali Khan in the Dakhin. — 7 parts
• 166 Third Year of the Reign (1125 A.H., 1713 A.D.).
• 167 Religious Disturbances.
• 168 Fourth Year of the Reign (1126 A.H., 1714 A.D.).
• 169 War with the Sikhs. — 6 parts
• 170 Fifth Year of the Reign (1127 A.H., 1715 A.D.). — 4 parts
• 171 Sixth Year of the Reign, 1129 A.H. (1717 A.D.).
• 172 Seventh Year of the Reign, 1129 A.H. (1717 A.D.).
• 173 Eighth Year of the Reign, 1130 A.H. (1718 A.D.).
• 174 The Mahrattas. — 8 parts
• 175 Transactions at Court. — 4 parts
• 176 Ninth Year of the Reign, 1131 A.H. (1719 A.D.). — 4 parts
• 177 [Text, vol. ii. p. 804.] [March of Husain 'Ali Khan.] — 9 parts
• 178 The Short Reign of a few Days of Abu-l Barakat Rafi'u-d Darajat, Fourteenth in Descent from Amir Timur. — 6 parts
• 179 Rafi'u-d Daula, entitled Shah Jahan the Second, Fourteenth in descent from, and seventeenth king in Succession to, Amir Timur. — 4 parts
• 180 Muhammad Shah Badshah, formerly called Roshan Akhtar, Fourteenth in Descent and Sixteenth in Succession to Amir Timur. — 5 parts
• 181 Decline of the Saiyids and Rise of Nizdmu-l Mulk Bahddur Firoz Jang. — 5 parts
• 182 Defeat and Death of Husain Khan Afghan.
• 183 Religious Troubles in Kashmir. — 5 parts
• 184 Nizamu-l Mulk.
• 185 Earthquake.
• 186 Defeat and Death of 'Alam Khan. — 5 parts
• 187 Ministerial Arrangements.
• 188 Death of Amiru-l umara Husain 'Ali Khan Barha by the Sword of Retributive Justice. — 13 parts
• 189 Elevation of Sultan Muhammad Ibrahim by way of loan ('ariyat.) — 5 parts
• 190 Battle between Muhammad Shah and Saiyid 'Abdu-llah. — 8 parts
• 191 Nizamu-l Mulk Minister.
• 192 Death of Saiyid 'Abdu-llah. — 4 parts
• 193 The Játs.
• 194 Haidar Kuli Khan.
• 195 Return of Nizamu-l Mulk to the Dakhin for the second time. — 11 parts
• 196 Administration of Nizamu-l Mulk.
• 197 Events up to the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of Muhammad Shah.
• 198 Conclusion of the Work.
• 199 Játs.