Twilight of the Sultanate c3.33

c3.33

Ni'āmatulla's *Makhzan-i-Afghānī* was written in the seventeenth century in Jahāngīr's reign. It is a general history of the Afghans from the time of Adam to the death of Khwājā 'Usmān (1612). A distinctive feature of this book is the geneological account of various Afghan tribes. The *Tārīkh* contains, in addition, a memoir on Khan-i-Jahān Lodī, one of the greatest generals of Jahāngīr from whom the book takes its name.²⁰ The author was a Waqia Nawīs at the court of Jahāngīr. He was a contemporary of Ferishta (though he does not mention this anywhere in his work), and commenced his work in the year in which Ferishta finished his, 1593 (1001-2 H). Ni'āmatulla was assisted in his work by one Haibat Khan of Samana. Like Ahmad Yādgār, Ni'āmatulla too has little regard for dates and is fond of marvellous stories.