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The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 1 of 2) — Emperor of Hindustan Jahangir

The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 1 of 2)

Emperor of Hindustan Jahangir

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  • Book language: English
  • 428 pages

The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri is the memoir of Mughal emperor Jahangir, presented here in the first of two volumes translated by Alexander Rogers and edited by Henry Beveridge. It records his reign, court, travels, and observations in his own voice, offering a personal view of Mughal history and culture. Listeners interested in early modern India and imperial autobiography will find it rewarding.

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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).

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Jahangir
Reproduced from a Miniature in the British Museum
(MS. Add. 22.282. fol. 2)
The
Tūzuk-i-Jahāngīrī
Or
Memoirs of Jahāngīr

Translated by

Alexander Rogers

I.C.S. (Retired)

Edited by

Henry Beveridge

I.C.S. (Retired)

Preface.

Mr. Rogers translated the Memoirs of Jahāngīr several years ago from the edition which Sayyid Aḥmad printed at Ghazipur in 1863 and at Allyghur in

1864. Orientalists are greatly indebted to the Sayyid for his disinterested labours, but his text seems to have been made from a single and defective

MS. and is often incorrect, especially in the case of proper names. I have collated it with the excellent MSS. in the India Office and the British

Museum, and have thus been able to make numerous corrections. I have also

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Contents

  1. Preface.
  2. Table of Transliteration.
  3. Contents
  4. Jahāngīr’s Memoirs. In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Clement. Chapter I.
  5. Feast of the Second New Year.
  6. The Third New Year’s Feast from my Accession.
  7. The Fourth New Year’s Feast after the Auspicious Accession.
  8. The Fifth New Year’s Feast from the Auspicious Accession.
  9. The Sixth New Year’s Feast after my auspicious Accession.
  10. The Seventh New Year’s Festival after the auspicious Accession.
  11. The Eighth New Year after the auspicious Accession.
  12. The Ninth New Year’s Feast after my auspicious Accession.
  13. The Tenth New Year’s Festival after my auspicious Accession.
  14. The Eleventh New Year’s Feast after the auspicious Accession.
  15. The Twelfth New Year’s Feast after my auspicious accession.
  16. Errata and Addenda.
  17. Index.
  18. Colophon
  19. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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