History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c70.18

v4.c70.18

The anecdotes, 72 in number, have been translated from a Persian work (the *Ahkam-i-Alamgiri*, ascribed to Aurangzib's favourite officer Hamid-ud-din Khan Nimcha), which no other historian has yet used and whose very existence was hardly known before. Two fragmentary MSS. of it were discovered by Prof. Sarkar; and with the help of these and of two others, he has edited the text, and written an English translation, enriched with full historical and textual notes.