Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 2.4

2.4

and by God's blessing, I have entitled it Seir Mutaqherin (View of Modern Times), as containing the whole series of events, from the year 1118, to the year 1195, since the venerable flight of the last and chief of messengers, down to the, present days. THE FIRST EDITION OF THIS CELEBRATED WORK, PUBLISHED SO FAR BACK AS 1789, WAS DEDICATED TO The Rt. Hon. WARREN HASTINGS, Governor-General of Bengal. NOW, AFTER ONE-HUNDRED-AND-TWELVE YEARS, THIS REPRINT IS, BY SPECIAL PERMISSION, DEDICATED TO His Honor Sir JOHN WOODBURN, K.C.S.I., M.A., I.C.S., Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, etc., etc., As a humble token of gratitude and respect, BY His Honor's Most Obedient Servant, T. D. KERR, Proprietor, R. CAMBRAY & CO., PUBLISHERS.