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''Ma'asir al-Umara'', written by
Samsam ud Daula Shah Nawaz Khan Samdam ud Daula Shah Nawaz Khan (28 February 1700 – 11 May 1758), a courtier of Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asif Jah I and historian. He compiled the history Ma'asir al-umara. Shah Nawaz Khan Shah Nawaz Khan Shams ud Daula was born at Lahore on ...
and his son Abdul Hai Khan, at Aurangabad, is a Persian-language biography of notables in the Mughal Empire 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 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 {{noble-bio-book-stub