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''Ma'asir al-Umara'', written by
Samsam ud Daula Shah Nawaz Khan and his son Abdul Hai Khan, at
Aurangabad
Aurangabad ( is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Aurangabad district and is the largest city in the Marathwada region. Located on a hilly upland terrain in the Deccan Traps, Aurangabad is the ...
, is a Persian-language biography of notables in the
Mughal Empire
The Mughal Empire was an early-modern empire that controlled much of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries. Quote: "Although the first two Timurid emperors and many of their noblemen were recent migrants to the subcontinent, the d ...
during the time period approximately 1556–1780. Variants of the title include ''Ma'athir al-Umara'', ''Maasir al-Umara'', and ''Maathir ul-Umara''. Shah Nawaz Khan relies upon a variety of
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
histories for his information, which he lists in his introduction.
An English translation by Beni Prasad and H. Beveridge is available.
References
Gazetteer Of Aurangabad (1884)
External links
Ma'asir al-Umara, Vol. 1 (English)Ma'asir al-Umara, Vol. 2 (English)Ma'asir al-Umara, Vol. 1 (Persian)Ma'asir al-Umara, Vol. 2 (Persian)Ma'asir al-Umara, Vol. 3 (Persian)
Biographies (books)
History of Aurangabad, Maharashtra
Books about the Mughal Empire
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