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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 March 2014
    28 March 2013
    ISBN:
    9781139507295
    9781108056007
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139507295
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    Dimensions:
    (297 x 210 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.39kg, 154 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Middle East Studies, Area Studies, South Asian History, Asian Studies, History, Middle East History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
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    Subjects:
    Middle East Studies, Area Studies, South Asian History, Asian Studies, History, Middle East History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
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    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 as a member of the Royal Asiatic Society and the Oriental Translation Fund, which awarded him its gold medal in 1830. In this work, first published in 1829, Price notes throughout where the source is illegible, problematic or incongruous. The translation is carefully made and provides an account of the reign and character of Jahangir which corresponds in places to the authentic memoirs, although containing several factual inaccuracies. Despite this, it remains a colourful reflection of Mughal historiography.

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