This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 Excerpt: ...Sind asserted their independence of the empire of Dihli.2 History of the Sumarahs and" Sumanahs, generally known as the Jami dynasty, from their origin, and the time of Jam Unra,3 to Jam Firuz, ending with A.h. 916 (a.d. 1510), when Shah Beg Arghun undertook the conquest of Sind.4 Book III.--The history of the Arghuniyah dynasty, from the time of Mir Zu an-Ntin, the father of Shah Beg Arghun, to the death of Sultan Mahmud Khan, of Bhakar, in A.h. 982 (a.d.1574), when Upper Sind fell into the hands of Akbar. Also an account of the rulers of Thathah, Mirza Muhammad 'Isa Turkhan and Mirza Muhammad Baki, till A.h. 993 (a.d. 1584). This book comprises biographical notices of divers learned and holy men. 1 Maasir al-Umara. 2 A.h. 801 is stated positively as the date, but there is no doubt that the rulers of Sind were virtually independent of the Kings of Dihli many years previously. Indeed Nasir ad-Din Kabachah asserted his independence so early as the reign of Aram Shah, but on the defeat and death of Nasir ad-Din, in the reign of Altamish, Sind again fell under the yoke of Dihli. 3 This prince is usually called Jam Afra, but in the present MS. his name is distinctly written and pointed j j»Vs»--In the MS. of the East India House, No. 43, the name is similarly spelled, but without the vowel points. The British Museum MS. (Addit. No. 16,700) reads j Shah Beg Arghun, according to Muhammad Ma'sum 'All, died in A.h. 928 (a.d. 1521). General Briggs, in his translation of Firishtah, places his conquest of Sind in A.h-928 (a.d. 1521), and says that he died two years afterwards. Vol. iv. p. 433. Book IV.--An account of the rulers of Sind after the death of Mahmud of Bhakar, and the completion of the subjugation of the whole province by the forces of Akbar...
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