Memoirs of the Emperor Jahangueir: Written by Himself

by Nur Ud-din Muhammad Jahangir and Jahangir

Book Overview

The manuscript source for this translation of the memoirs of the Mughal emperor Jahangir (1569-1627) is the spurious Tarikh-i-Salim Shahi, produced around three years after its subject's death. Serving the East India Company from 1781 as a soldier and, following injury, as a translator, agent and judge-advocate-general, David Price (1762-1835) studied Persian and collected many manuscripts. After leaving India in 1805, he devoted his time to scholarship...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108056008
• ISBN13: 9781108056007
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 11.7"