History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c32.s1.t4.6

v2.c32.s1.t4.6

21. *Ahkam-i-Alamgiri*, ascribed (on insufficient evidence) to Hamid-ud-din Khan surnamed Nimchah-i-Alamgiri, whose life is given in *M. U.* i. 605-611. I have published the text with a critical and annotated English translation under the name of *Anecdotes of Aurangzib*, using the only copies of the work known to exist, *viz.*, 2 MSS. of Mr. Wm. Irvine (Nos. 252 and 340 of his library) 2 MSS. of Nawab Abdus Salam Khan of Rampur, and I. O.L. MS. 3388, none of which is complete. Other fragments of this work await discovery. It contains many anecdotes about Aurangzib, his sons and officers, and his orders on petitions, usually in a caustic vein.