Appendix to Chapter III 1: Notes on Native Presses in the North Western Province [Persian printed Books], for the year 1849. I , City Press Owner & editor Book Title Number Copies ·comments of the press of sold paper Copies Agra Mutba-i- Zoobdut- WajidAli Mutla-ool- 250 Rs. whole A Persian work on the various sciences and Presses Ukhbar Khan Ooloom-o- 10 handicrafts, compiled by Moonshee wajid Ali Mujmaool- Khan. Fonoon Mutba-I- Qadiree Dewan of 500 Shah Niaz Ahmed Mutba-I-Musdeer- a Persian and 100 Rs, 2 in course of being printed for the proprietors Oon-Nuwar Arabic '· ,. Dictionary, :, ;·, with Oordoo explanations· Delhi Delhi Oordoo l<.ifaya-i- 155 4 Rs 155, a Medi<;:al work, by Munsoor, in Arabic and Presses Ukhbar Munsooree Persian Lithographed. ' ; ;. Musnuvee-i- 250 1.4 ; 205 Persian love tale Lithographed Kamroop Rs Musnuvee-i- 250 0.2 250 reprint Lithographed Boo Ali Shah Gullundur Buddee-ool- 200 1 Rs 150 a Persian works on etiquette and modes of Insha address, by Sipehdar Khan, a servant of the Nuwab of Jhujjur Mutba-I- Daroos- The Sadiq-ool- Taleef 350 1.4 30 a reprint of a medical work in Persian, by 248
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Appendix to Chapter III
1: Notes on Native Presses in the North Western Province [Persian printed Books], for the year 1849. I ,
City Press Owner & editor Book Title Number Pric~ Copies ·comments of the press of sold paper Copies
Agra Mutba-i- Zoobdut- WajidAli Mutla-ool- 250 Rs. whole A Persian work on the various sciences and Presses Ukhbar Khan Ooloom-o- 10 handicrafts, compiled by Moonshee wajid Ali
Mujmaool- Khan. Fonoon
Mutba-I- Qadiree Dewan of 500 Shah Niaz Ahmed
Mutba-I-Musdeer- a Persian and 100 Rs, 2 in course of being printed for the proprietors Oon-Nuwar Arabic
'· ,.
Dictionary, :, ;·,
with Oordoo explanations·
Delhi Delhi Oordoo l<.ifaya-i- 155 4 Rs 155, a Medi<;:al work, by Munsoor, in Arabic and Presses Ukhbar Munsooree Persian Lithographed.
' ; ;.
Musnuvee-i- 250 1.4 ; 205 ~a Persian love tale Lithographed Kamroop Rs Musnuvee-i- 250 0.2 250 reprint Lithographed Boo Ali Shah Gullundur
Buddee-ool- 200 1 Rs 150 a Persian works on etiquette and modes of Insha address, by Sipehdar Khan, a servant of the
Nuwab of Jhujjur
Mutba-I- Daroos- The Sadiq-ool- Taleef 350 1.4 30 a reprint of a medical work in Persian, by
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Salam Ukhbar, edited Shureefee Rs Mahomed Shureef Khan by Inayut hosein, is written in Persian
Insh-I 350 0.4 350 a Persian letter writer, reprinted Khaleefa Rs Insha-i- Fayuq 330 0.2 330 a Persian work on etiquette and modes of
Yz Rs address, reprinted Mutba-ool-Ooloom Fasaneh-i- 200 2 Rs 200 Persian love tales, Lithographed
Oosha_q Tib-i-Ukhbar a Persi&n medical work, by Hukeem Mahomed
Ukhbu,r Lithographed
Meerut Mutba-I- Jam-I- tvfutba-I- Jam- a Persi&n wqrk, by Sheopershad, on practical Presses Jumshid ~-Jumshid arithmetic, algebra and mensuration, both on
the English and native methods, it will be of much use to the native employees in our revenue Office, lithographed
Mutba-I-Qadiree }-Iidayut-ool- 200 0.6 100 instructions to teachers in Persian, by Seven Works have Moulljmeen Rs Mahomed Noor Oollah Khan of Buchraon Been Printed '
Goolduusteh~i- 50 0.3 22 a Persian works on the point of horses, by Firasut Rs Meer Ali Buksh
Mofurreh-ool- 200 4Rs 200 a medical work, in Persian Quloob Kileed-i- 0.6 20 a key to wisdom questions and answer on Danish Rs morals, in Persian by Ashruf Ali Khan,
Mira t-ool- 300 IRs 5 a Genealogical History of the World, in
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Mukhlooqat, Persian or, Mirror of Created Things
Bareilly Mutba-I-Oomdut- J-:lurroof-i- 400 0.2 200 :Persian Primer, lithographed Presses ool- Tuhujjee Yz Rs
Ukhbar(l ithographed)
Khaliqbaree · 200 0.1 30 reprint of a Persian poetical vocabulary, by Yz Rs Ameer Khoosroo, lithographed
Kurreema, or 200 0.1 Yz 36 Reprint, lithographed Pundnamah Rs Mamooqeeman 200 0.1 50 reprint of moral sentiments on the love of God or Turjeeabund Yz Rs in Persian verse, lithographed Tareekh-i- 100 1.4 100 Reprint, lithographed Nadiree Rs Mirut-ool- 150 3 Rs 125 notices of various arts and sciences, compiled Khyal in Persian
by Shere Khan, lithographed Benares Mutba-I-Oomdut- Turjeea-bund 212 0.2 16 Moral sentiments in Persian verse Presses ool-Ukhbar Yz Rs
(printed at the press) Kurreema, or 212 0.2 36 Pundnamah Yz
Rs Khaliqbaree 50 0.2 22 a Persian vocabulary, by Ameer Khoosroo
Rs Risaleh-i- 150 0.0 22 the rule of Calligraphy Khoosh Yz Nuweessee RS
Mutba-I-Goolzar-I- established by Moons bee 50 0.3 18 Humesha Bahar Beer Singh son Boodh Singh's Rs
ofMoonshee Rules for Boodh Singh Persian Press,
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Khuttree part I Moons bee 50 0.1 9 Boodh Singh's Yz Rules for Persian Press, part II
Indoor Mulwa Ukhbar established in Risaleh-i-ilm-i- 200 0.4 11 Persian grammar, by Moulvie Imam Bukhsh, Press the Naho Rs of the Delhi College
commencement of last year, under the auspices of Mr. Hamilton, tl)e Resident at Indore( issue)
Persian Primer 200 0.2 20 Rs
Source: The followmg table has been tabul?ted from 'On the Nattve Pres~ m the North-Western Provtnces for the year 1848', m Selections from the Records of Government. North Western Province~·. Vol. IV, All~habad: At The Gov~rnment Press,·N. W. p., 1868. pp. 16-38. . . .
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II: Notes on Native Presses in the North Western Province (Persian Printed Book~], for the yt~ar 1850, pp.38-58.
City Press Owner & Book Title Number Price Copies Comments editor of the of sold Press paper Copies
Agra Mutba-I- Nisab-i- 300 0.4 Rs 20 a Persian Vocabulary in Oordoo verse by Presses Usud-ool- Ghureeb Syud Ahmed Alee
Ukhbar (Eleven works have been lithographed)
Tusheed- 300. 1.8 Rs 41 explanation and commentaries on 100 ool- questions on the Mahomedan religion, by Mussayul Fual Rusool, ofBudaon (in persian) Khaliq-bary 250~ 0.2 Rs 30 a reprinted of the Persian poetical
Vocabulary of Ameer Khoosroo
' Sifvut-ool- 500 0.4 50 a reprinted of the Amudnamah, or Musadi Conjugation of Persian verbs
Mtba-I- ' Th~ Qo~tub- Furhung-i- 250 IRs 0 a Persian Dictionary Qadiree oo)-Ukhbar, Kootub-i-(five works ed{ted by Mootpu-have been Mahom~d vileh · printed) Arneer' ' ·'-
AleeKhan, Mutba-I- Risaleh-i- 100 0.6 Rs 16 Poetical work on Persian grammar, with a Musder-oon- Johruroot glossary of Arabic and Persian words, in Nawadir Turkeeb Persian. Ukhbar-oon Nawak-o-Nuzhoot-ool-(five works Urvah, has not fulfilled the expectations have been which were formed of it be the Hidoo printed) community
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Mutba-I-Jam- Baboo Deewan-i- 300 2 Rs 100 Poetical works ofUmjud Aile. i-Jamshid Shibchunder Umjud Besides these works, 1,800 copies of a series (nine works Nath Alee ofTaleems in Oordoo and Persian writin~ have been have been printed at this press during the printed) past year,
The proprietor of this press-Baboo Shibchunder Nath-was formerly manager of one of the same name at Meerut.
Delhi Oordoo The Oordoo Mirrut-i- 105 2.8 Rs 102 a history of the house of Abbasi des in India Presses Ukh bar Press Ukhbar is Dowlut and the adjacent countries, by Lalla Dowlut
(The still edited by Addasiyeh Rai Proprietor has Mahomed edited nine Hoossein works) Mutba-I-dar- Noor-ood- Yoosuf 420 --- --- The poem of Joseph and Zuleekha. oos-Sulam Deen Zuleekha Noor-ood-Deen Ahmed is Head Moonshee (Six works Ahmed, is of the Residency at Delhi have issued) editor of
Sadiq-ool-Ukhbar the
Meerat Mutba-l- Kureema 400 0.2 Rs 27 moral verses in Persian(have been printed) Presses Qadiree ·-
Nam-i- 400 0.3 Rs 28 an account of the Mahomedan ceremonies, in Huqq Persian verse Khaliq 400 0.3 Rs 29 Persian poetical vocabulary, by Ameer Baree Khoosroo Muhmood 400 0.2 17 reprint of a short Persian love poem, by Nameh Muhmood, of Ghuznee
Insha-i- 400 0.5 17 Persian letter-writer Fayuq
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Insha-i- 400 0.8 4 Dilkoosh
Cawnpore Mutba-1- Moostafa Deewanee- 600 0.2(A). 9(P) 100 Ruhman Khan is his agent. Presses Moostadafee Khan, i-Nuvidee
Source: The followmg table has been tabulated from 'On the Native Press in the Notih-Western Provinces for the year 1848', in Selections from the Records of Govemment. North Western Provinces. Vol. IV, Allahabad: At The Government Press, N. W. P., 1868. pp.38-58.
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III: Notes on Native Presses in the North-Western Provipces [Persian Printed bo~ks]for the Year 1851.
City Press Owner& Book Title Copies N Price Number Comments editor of o: of Selling the press paper
Agra Mutba-1- Khadim The press scarcely pays its own expenses, Peresses Akhburee Alee- and that, in consequence of debt, no books
Oordoo have been printed at it during the year. Mutba-oo-Ukhbar
Mutba-I-Asud- Moonshi Kurreema 500 0.4 7 The first four have been printed at the risk oolUkhbar Qumr- of the proprietor of the press and the rest to
ood-deen order:-Khan
Dustoor-oos- 100 0.4 lQO Persian Jetter writer, Sibyan Dewan-i- 300 4.0 Npt The Persian poetical works of one Lalla Tuftah known Hugopal, surnamed Tuftah, chofly erotic Rissaleh-i- 300 1.8 Not A Persian account of the mircle of Mahmed Shuqqol known by Moulvie Ruffee-oo-een Qumar
Mutba-1-Musaur- This press, it appears, will now prosper-not oon-Nuwadir on an account of the Oordoo newspaper
that issues from it, but on account of the neat job-work executed there. It was for the neatest of the work and the moderateness of the charges that the press was brought to the notice of the Government in June last by Mr. Wolaston; and the Government was pleased to afford encouragement to the proprietor. Speciments of the lithography
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and binding executed at the press were sent to Visitor-General of schools, North Western-Provinces and to the Principal of the Roorkee College.
Mukhzum ool 200 4.0 200 A p-ersian work on some of the arts and Ooloom Or sciences, compiled bu Pundit Brij Mohum Treasury of Lall Knowledgee
Delhi Delhi Oordoo Syud Zookaee 1,040 for A persoan work om medicine, by Hakeem Presses Ukhbar Hussein ~mother Zooka-oollah Khan, of Delhi
Press(printed) person at 6as. A copy.
i Persian Gool!stan 350 All these books have been published for the Mutba-I-Dar-pos- Sadlq-ool- owners of the press, except 100 copies of Salam.(printe~) Ukhbar the Boorhan-i-Mohkum ; but the proprietor
:; paper by has failed t~ supply the Government with a Noor-ood- specimen copy of each of his publications de en
Kurreema 300 Bunjara, and 400 other Mookhumasat •.
Delhi Mutba-ool- Syud Tufseer 300 2.0 0 Persian Commentaries on the Quran, by Ooloom Ushruf Uzeezee, Abdool Azeez
Alee of 2Vols the Delhi College
Ukhlaq Julalee 200 2.0 0 For Meer Nisa Alee, merchant Meerut Jam-I-Jahan *The Oordoo Jam-i-Jahan-Nooma, edited Presses Nooma by Moonshee Chumun Lall and Pandit
Eshree Sahai. An Aditional sheet containing in continuation Fyzu's Persiam
; translation of the Mahabharut , accompanies each number of the paper, and it is this sheet, that induces chiefly the Hindoo community to subscribe for the paper.
Ben ares Mutba-I-Mufad-I- Hurbuns Khayal 300 1.8 50 The paper is chiefly supported by Presses H ind(Printed)' Lall'and Bekhoodee European.
Bhyro This book is the Moonshee Seetul Singh's Pershaud, Persian production, Published for Sayareen Maharajah Eeshree Pershaud Narayun Hind in Singh, the Rajah of Benares Oordoo paper
Sifvut-ool- 300 0.2 40 Persian verbs Masadir
Cawnpore Cawnpore Moos tufa Sooroot-ool- 500 0.6 100 The Press retains the character which it Press Moostufaee Khan Muhzun obtained at Lucknow, viz, that of printing a
Press(Published) considerable number of books, and of executing the work well. The book is a Persian account of the family of the Prophet, by Shah Vullee Allah of Delhi
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Amud-nameh 600 0.6 300 Declensions of Persian verbs Insha- 600 0.12 200 A Persian letter-writer Khuleefah Buhar-i-Ujum 600 0.6 200 A Persian letter-writer, by Moonshee
Amanut Alee Rissaleh-i- 600 1.0 150 A compendium of the Persian Grammar, by Abdool Wasy Abdool Wasy, ofHansie Rooqaat 600 0.3 Yz 150 A Persian letter-writer, by syud Nizam-Nizamia ood-deen Alee Khan, of Delhi Dustoor-ool- 600 0,3 Yz 25 A Persian letter-writer Mukhtoobat Shujrut-ool- 600 0,5 5Q A Persian grammar, by Mirza Mahomed Am a nee Hosein, surnamed Quteel Rooqat-i- 600 0.5 50 A Persian letter-writers by the Emperor AIUI11geeree Alumgeer Aurangzib, to his sons and
others, with marginal notes. Loodhiana Loodhiana Noor Huft Zabitah 350 0.2 142 Persian letter writer Press Ala Noor Press
(Printed) Dustoor-oos- 400 0.4 125 Persian letter-writer Sibyan
Source: The followmg table has been tabulated from 'On the Natlye Press m the North-yYestern Provmces for the year 1848', m Selections from the Records of Government. North Western Provinces, Vol. IV, Allahabacl: At The Government Press,:N. W. P., 1868, pp. 59-86 . . .. ' .,
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VI: Notes on Native Newspapers in the North Western Provin~es [Persian Printed Books], for the Year 1852.
City Press Owner & ~ditor Book Title Number Price Copies Comments of Paper of of
Copies Selling Agra Mutba-1-Musdur-oon- Jowahir Lall, It wasduring the past year Presses Nuwader hakeem Jowahir Lall sent a part of his
press establishment; with one or two printing machines, to Gwalior, inder his brother's charge, and established a new there , by the name of Mutba-i-Allejah.
Bareilly Perss Benares M utba-1-Bagh~o-Bahar Kalee Pershaud The editor states, moreover, Presses Banoor.jee that from want of purchasers
he has discontinued printing books.p.98.
Bhurtpore Mutba-I- Sufdyr Alee Khaliq-baree 200 0.2.0 1 The owner declares that for press Sufduree(Printed) want of encouragement he had
for some time closed the press; and that if he does not get more support the establishment will have to be broken up. This press has by no means fulfilled the expectations entertained of it at the commencement of the year, and His late Highness the Rajah of Bhurtpoor woulkd not have appeared in any way to have extended his support to
Sold Tehqeeq-ool 150 The statement submitted by I! ham Sufdur Alee shows that during
the past year the total expense of the press. Including the paper, &c., for the books printed at it, amounted to Rs. 552, and the total receipts during the same period to about Rs.66. of course the value of the unsold books is not included in this account.
Cawnpore Mutba-I-Moostufaee Mahomed Kureema( moral 800 0.3.0 300 The low price affixed to the Presses Muoostufa verses. The books, as well as the neat
Khan(Published) Persian schola's manner in which they are 1st school-books printed, may account for their
ready sale. The proprietor also sends out agents with his books for sale to the principal cities.
Chahar Goolzar 600 0.13.0 300 Grammar in Persian Haliqbaree 500 0.3.0 300 A rhyming Persian and Hindee
vocabulary Mutba-I- Mahomed Bostan (reprint 1,450 3.0.0 1,320 He Captains that the Mahomdee(Eight Hussein IS its of Sadee's establishment g1ves him no works have been proprietor and Persian poetical profit. It would appear, lithographed. It will be manager, and tales) however, that this is not really
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observed that the lithographs useful the case, as he is considered a largness of the editions and standard wealthy man in his trade, and of these works, and the works both well to do. number of copies so Oordoo and soon sold, compensate Persian for the smallness of the number of books published)
Dewan-i-Viqar 300 4.0.0 259 A Persian poetical productions ofViqar
Sifvut-ool- 1,200 0.7.0 875 Reprint of the conjugation of Massadir Persian verbs Bahae-i-Danish 1,074 0.8.0 1,042 Reprint(Persian)
Delhi Mutba-I-Dar-oos-Salam Mooshee No or- Goolistan 500 Reprints of some works has Presses ood-deen Ahmed been made at this press during
the year under revtew, for private individuals
Khaiq-baree 400 Ameer Khoosroo' s vocabulary of the Arabic, Persian, and Hindee languages
Mutba-I-ool- Kureem Bakhsh Some of them are very fair, Ooloom(15 Books usful school-books Lithographed there is no mentioned persian)
Meerut Mutba-I-Jam-I-Jahan- Chummun !all Jan Pehchan-i- 402 30 The additional sheet, Presses Nooma(Li thographed) and Esree Sudoy farsee(a Persian
.. contammg Fyzee's Persian
editors of )am-I- poetical translation of the Mahabharut, Jahan-Nooma 111 vocabulary, in continuation, accompanies Oordoo similar to the each number of the newspaper,
Khalikbare of and IS much liked by the Ameer Hindoo subscribers. Khoosroo) Huft Zubitah 125 27 A Persian letter-writer
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Source: The following table has been tabulated from 'On the Native Press in the Notih-Western Provinces for the year 1848', in Selections.from the Records of Government, North Western Provinces, Vol. IV, Allahabad: At The Government Press, N. W. P .. 1868, pp. 87-109.
V: Notes on the Native Pre~s in N.W.P. [Persian Printed Books] for the yea~ of1853.
City Press Owner& Book Title Number Price Copies Comments Publisher of of Copies Selling paper
Agra Mutba-I- Moonshee Khyalat-oos- 3,000 0.4.0 3,000 This, press, and the two Oordoo papers Presses Usud-ool- Qume-ood- Sunae in Persian issued from it. Are still under the
Ukhbar deen Khan Observations on superintendence of Moonshee Qumr-(Punlished) who is a Natural Objects ood-deen Khan, who reports that during
"! sta4nch the past year the printing of books by I
Malwmedan, him has, with only one exception, and' a man of yielded a handsome return. The reason lea!Jling, of of this may be ascribed to the fact of the good character, greater number of the works having and
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been composed by himself; he has thus respectability; not only been reimbursed his printing having, ~barge, but has received also adequate however, remuneration for his labors as an undertaken to author. interpretiwith ' certain Moulvies, he has got into disrepute with the Moosulmans.
Goolshun-i- 125 1.0.0 125 A love tale, in Persian Rungeen
Mutba-1-.Jam- This press, which was stated last year to
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[-Jumshid be in a "tottering state" has since
; broken up, and discontinued its operations.
Mutba-[- Jowhia Lall Qusseedahi 400 Works were printed at this press on Musdur-oon- Hukeem, an Johur-oot- account of Government during the year Nuwadir ex-student of turkeeb.(Persian for general education purpose. (Printed) the Agra Grammar, in Beside the above, 200 copies of a
College, verse for the Glossary of Arabic and Persian words, stablished this Visitor General of with Oordoo significations, were press in 1849, Schools) printed here: 47 copies of this work and ti edit the were reported to have been disposed of Ukhbar-oon- at five rupees each. Nuwah
Bareilly Nothing Press Benares Nothing Presses Bhurtpore Press Cawnpore Mutba-1- This is a Sifwut-ool- 1,000 0.4.0 100 Declension of Persian verbs Persses . Moostufai(its branch of the Musadir i
aperations are press bearing confined to the same name the printing of now books) established at
Qissehi Munsoor 1,000 0.3.Q 50 ? Shah Akhwan-ool- 1,000 0.3.0 50 ? Emam Khuzeenut-ool- 600 1.8.0 25 ? In sol
Delhi Mutba-1- The editor is [64 titles were It cannot be added, however, that its Presses Mustafai( an extensive mentioned] usefulness has increased in its new
With the view dealer in Nasira-i- shere of action, or that it has even been of extending books, and has Hamadanee commensurate with it capacity for its operations, agencies for (Pers·ian Letter- doing good. this press, their purchase writer) & Mustafa Khan, who is said to be a man which was and sale in Dustpor-ool- of wealth, directs his resources into reported last numerous Mus&dis (Persian unworthy channels, and prints and year to have quarters. Letter-writer) publishes books which cannot fail to been brought p.17,18 depreciate morals, and encourage vice. to Cawnpore If the circulation of the Sadiq-ool-from Ukhbar, which issues from this press, Luccknow, affords proof of its public appreciation, has since been the paper cannot be said to enjoy a removed to favorable reputation. Eleven copies Delhi,--a only are struck off and distributed in the branch only following manner: none are given in having been exchange, or issued gratis kept at Hinoos, 1 Cawnpore. Mahomedans, 3 (Printed) Europeans, 7 Total, 11 Mutba-1- The Delhi Dewan-i-Hafiz( a 300 3 Rs& 300 This is a scurrilous paper, and abounds Oordoo Oordoo Selection of 2.8.0 with personalities. The editor makes his Ukhbar Ukhbar is still Prieces from columns the media for making covert
printed and hafiz) attacks on several native gentlemen of published at respectability, who either differ with this press by him in religious views, or have
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Mahomed otherwise incurred his displeasure. It is Hossein Khan; stated by the ostensible editor that the but it is edited profits of the press are applied to by his father, charitable purposes. Mahomed Baqer Khan, an ex-student of the Delhi College.
M utba-I-dar- Moons bee Tufseer Hoseinee 450 No 0 This Four books have been printed by oos-Salam Noor-ood-deen Stated order, and no particular regarding them
Ahmed are know. [It is not mentions are in Persian or notl
A Story book 650 No 0 Stated
Toghra-i-Bismillah 600 No 0
Stated Tusreeh-i- No 0 Munsoqry (a Stated Medical work)
Mutba-T-ool Kureen Bahar-ajum, in 2 200 0.8.0 200 Persian Dictionary Oloom Bakhsh, vols (Published) manager
Kifaya Munsoorie 500 3.0 500 A Medical works in Persian Meerut Mutba-1-Jam- Pothee Bhuktmal 150 Not 100 In Persian an account of Hindoo Presses I-Jahan- known devotees
Nooma (Published)
Source: The followmg table has been tabulated from 'On the Nat1 ve Press 111 the Nmih-Western Provmces for the year 1848', 111 Selectzons from the Records of Government. North Western Provinces, Vol. IV, Allahabad: At The Government Press, N. W. P., 1868, pp. 111-149.
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VI: Regarding Works [Persian published bo~ks] issued from thf Native Presses in the N,W.W. during the year 1865.
District. Title Work Subject Size and Price Name of Name of Name of the Number taken Remarks number of Press Proprietor of Author, by pages Press Translator, or Government
Editor Meerut Dewan Mukhhfi Poetry 26 by 20, 0.6.0 Darakshani Chhoteh lall Zebun-un- ... Auutherss
!56 mssa Karima Moral ditto, 16 0.0.6 ditto ditto Sadi ... Qiyamut Nameh Religion ditto ditto ditto ditto Sadi ... Dewan Hafiz Poetry ditto, 296 0.8.0 ditto ditto Hafiz Shirazi ... Khaliq Bari Dictionary ditto, 12 0.0.6 ditto ditto Amir Khusrou ... Karima Moral ditto, 18 0.1.0 Aineh Turab Ali Sadi ...
M. Kempson 'Report on Native Press m the North-Western Provmces, for the Years 18&2, 1863, 1864, and 1865', m Selections from the Records ofGovernment North Western Provinces, Part XLIV. ART. I, Allahabad: frinted a:t the yovernment Press, N. W. P., 1866, ~P· 25-35,
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VII: Regarding Works (Persian published books) issued from the Native Presses in theN. W.W. during the year 1866.
District. Title Work Subject Size and Price Name of Name of Name ofthe Number Remark number Press Proprietor Author, taken by s of pages ' of Press Translator, or Govemmen
Editor t Bareilly BareillySawlat Literature 10 by 6 0.4.0 Suddiqi Mahomed Nujuf Ali Khan ... ...
Collector. Ramzush Elegiac Poems Small, 0.4.0 ditto Syud Valayut Ali Shahadatain[New on the 49' Sukhawut Khan Book] Nartyrdom of Hossein
the Brothers Hussun and Hossein
Panj Najarin, Part Verses on Large, 0.2.0 ditto Abdool Abdool IV.[Urdu and fifferent 40 Rahman Rahman Persian,New Book] subjects Shair-ul- History of Large, 0.12. Sholai Himmut Gholam Mootakhkharin Modem Kings 372 0 Toor Buhadur Hossein [New Book] Inshai Tahir Vahid Correspondenc Large, 0.8.0 Durya-i- Syud Unknown [New Edition of e of Royal ... Lata fat Sakhawat Old Book] Personages Hossein Punj Nigarin, Part Copy-writing Ditto, 60 0.3.0 Nizami Mohemed ditto II[New Edition of Abdool Old Book] Punj Nigarin, Part ditto Ditto, 48 0.2.6 ditto ditto ditto III[New Edition of Old Book]
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Karima [New Morality Small, 0.0.6 Altafi Vilayut Shah Abdool Edition of Old ... Hossein Kadir Book] Kissa-i-Soudagur The story of Ditto, 10 0.1.0 Nur Behari Lal Futteh Chund Buchcha[New Soudagur Tahir Edition of Old Buchcha Book] Bahar-i-Danish Tales Large, 1.4.0 Sholai Tur Jumma Inayut-ul-lah [Verbatim reprints 258 Pershad of old Book] Meena Bazaar ditto Middle, 0.4.0 C~wnpore Nawal Not Known [Verbatim reprints 44 G~zatte Kishor of old Book] Rissalah physics Medium 0.4.0 Nizami Abdool Hakim Asghur Jahilli [Verbatim '78 Rahamn Hossein reprints of old Book] Rooqut Alamgirri Letter-writing Ditto, 46 0.3.0 ditto ditto King Alamgir [Verbatim reprints of old Book] Gyas-ui-Loghat pictionary Large, 6.8.0 Cawnpore Nawal Gyas-ud-deen [Verbatim reprints 558 G~zatte Kishor ·,
of old Book] Karima. [Verbatim Morals,&c Ditto,l2 0.1.0 Daryai S)rud Shaikh sadi reprints of old Latafat Sakhawat Book] Hossein Mahamood Poetry Ditto, 16 0.1.0 ditto ditto Mahmood Shah [Verbatim reprints of old Book]Nawah Haft Rule of writing Ditto, 16 0.1.0 ditto ditto Suyd Ali Taki Zahta[Verbatim Khan
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reprints of old Book] Mimqima[Verbati Poetry Ditto, 12 0.1.0 ditto ditto Ditto Alla-ud-m reprints of old din Khan Book] Dewan-i-Nawadi Poetry Ditto, 16 0.1.0 ditto ditto ditto [Verbatim reprints of old Book] Bostan [Verbatim Poetry Ditto, 0.10. ditto ditto Shaikh Sad:i reprints of old 123 0 Book]
Meerut Mahmood Nama Morals 10 by 6, 0.0.6 Busdurpun Kulyan Unknown [New Edition of 16 Singh Old Book] Pundnamah Mytical 26 by 20, ... Mukhzun- Dwarka Farid-ud-<dio Attar[New Edition Theology 32 ul.Ulum Pershad Attar of Old Book] Pundnamah Morals 26 by 20, ... ditto ditto Sad,ee Sadee[New Edition 12 of Old Book] Madho ram Letters 29 by 20, 0.5.0 Hushmi Mahommu Madbo rarn [Verbatim Reprints . " d Hossein .ofOld Book] lnsha Khalifa Letters 26 by 10, 0.2.0 A~nah Turab ali Kba!ifa SJbah [Verbatim Reprints 56 Silrunder mah.o1111mced of Old Book] Insha ditto 26 by 10, 0.1.0 ditto ditto Syutd Nisar Ali Dilkoosha[Verbati 48 m Reprints of Old Book] Insha Khalifa Letters 26by10, ". Mukhzan- Dwarka Sh:ah [Verbatim Reprints So ul-Ulm Pershad mahommed of Old Book]
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Insha ditto 26 by 20, 0.1.0 ditto ditto Nisar Ali Dilkoosha[V erbati 48 m Reprints of Old Book] Karima[Verbatim Morals 226 by 0.1.0 Hashmi Hashim ali Sadi Reprints of Old 20, ... Book] Talun-ul-Haroof ditto Ditto, ... 0.3.0 [Verbatim reprints of old Book] Burhan katai Dictionary 15 by ... Dar-ul- Wajahut Mahommed [Verbatim reprints 11 , ... ut'm Ali khan Hossein of old Book]
Benares Dustoor Letter-writing Middium 0.1.3 Mptba-i- Behari Lal Npwnidh Roy Sibyan[Verbatim '20 Nur reprints of old Bookl Mamqima Contemplation Ditto, 12 0.0.9 ditto djtto Alla-u9-deen [Verbatim reprints of the Deity of old Book]
M. Kempson 'Report on Native Press 111 the North-Western Provmces, for the Years 1862, 1863,. 1864, and 1865', 111 Selectwns from the Records of Government North Western Provinces. Part XLIV. ART I. Alla~abad: Printed at the Government Prtss, N. W. P., 1866, pp. 70-79.
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VIII: [Persian Books Published] in tile Nativ~ Presses of the N~rth-Westerq Provinces for a year 1867.
Book Title The The Supject The Place The The Page The The The Printed or The The Name Name of pfprinting name or date Number Size Number Number Lithographed Price and Author, and firm of of of of Book Rs. residence Translator Publication Printer or Issue ,. Edition Copies As. P. of the or Editor Publisher Proprietor of the of the book, or Copyright. any part thereof.
(New Afza-ul-' Biography Meen.tt Jamal-ul- 15m 8 4to J st 500 Litho. ... Afzal-ul-Works )Shajrai Hakk din Sep. Royal. Hakk, Pi ran Meerut (Ditto )Makhzan- Brij Various ditto · Chotey 30m 212· pitto J st 800 Ditto 0.7.0 ul-Ulum Mohun Sciences Lall · Aug. ( Ditto)Maair- Debi Instructions ~awnpore Nizami ". 16 Middle 1st
". Litho. o.o.9 Abdul ul-Imla pars had to correct Press, Rahman
writing Abdul Khan, Rahman Cawnpore khan
(New Edition of Mahomod Prayers ~awnpore Ditto~ ". 36 Small . " ". Ditto 0.1.6 Old Works) Abdul ditto Astafa-i-Taij-i- Rahman Am Khan (Verbatim Inderman Religious Boo lund Mir-i~ . " Not 4to . " ... Ditto 2.0.0 Reprints of the shuhur Nazar, Clear Royal. Old Sheo Books )Tohfatul Pershad Islam (Ditto) Pand Sadi Good Bareilly Siddi ... ditto ditto ... " . Ditto 0.1.0 Namah-i-Sadi Ad vices Press,
274
Monir-ud-Din
(Ditto)Tmji-i- All-ud- Mytical Ditto Ditto, ... Ditto ditto ... ... Ditto 0.1.0 band Din Khan Theology ditto
:
(Ditto )Tashrih- ... Alphabet&c. Ditto Ditto- 13tl1 Dittq 8vo. 1st 1,200 Ditto 0.0.9 Mohamed ul-Huruf, Urdu- Aug. Monir, Persian Bareilly (Ditto )Dusturus Nou Nidh Letters Ditto Ditto 27tll Ditto Ditto 1 sl 800 Ditto 0.1.3 Ditto, Sabian Rai Octr. ditto (Ditto)Khaliq ... Vocabulary Ditto Ditto 8th Ditto 8vo. 2"d 1,000 Ditto 0.1.0 Ditto, Bari Deer. ditto (Ditto) Izaltul Golami Religious Meerut Jamil ud- ... Ditto 4to 1 sl 400 Ditto 1.0.0 Mahomed Khota, Minradd- Rubbani din Royal Khan, i-Kashful Ghata Ajmere (Ditto) Pand Mush-i- Morals Ditto Chotey 29111 Ditto Ditto 5111 800 Ditto 0.0.6 Namah ud-din Lall Augt. (ditto) Nasihut ... Ditto Ditto Ditto 1 sl Ditto Ditto 3'0 800 Ditto 0.0.3 Namah Persian Sept. and Urdu (ditto )Burhan-i- Mohamed Dictionary Meerut Vajahat ... Ditto Ditto 1st 650 Ditto ... katai Hosian Ali Khan (ditto )Pand Sadi Morals Boolund- Sheo 5tll Ditto ditto 1st 625 ditto 0.0.6 Namab shuhur Pershad July (ditto) Intiba-ul- Mohomed Religion Meerut .Jafur Ali 16tl1 24 8vo. l sl 900 Ditto 0.2.0 Momnin, Urdu Kasim and Dec. and Persian Abdur
I all (ditto )Dustur-us- Nou Nidh Letters- Agra Mofid ... 22 Middle 1st 500 ditto 0.1.0 Moonshee Sabian Rai Writing Khalaiq, Sheo
Sheo naram, Narain Agra
(ditto) Khaliq Am mer Vocabulary Agra ditto ... 12 ditto 1st 500 Ditto 0.9.0 Bari Khusroo (ditto)Pand Farid-ud- Moral Cawnpore Nizami ... 26 ditto l st ... Ditto 0.1.3 Namah Farid- de en Counsels Press, ud-din Attar Abdur
Rahman (ditto) Tohfatul Hakim Tales Ditto Ditto ... 228 (iitto 1st ... Ditto 2.0.0 Arfin Khakani r
Sarwani , (ditto) Haba-i- Shah Tradition ditto Ditto ... 16 ditto 1st ... ditto 0.9.0 hadri abdul azi.z relating tQ
Ali (ditto )Dustur-us- NouNidh Letters ditto ditto· ... 12 ditto 3rd ... ditto 0.1.0 Sabian Rai (ditto) Karima Mir Counsels Ditto Ditto ... 34 Ditto 1st ... Ditto 0.1.6 Abdur Muterajum Waris Ali Rahman Persian and Khan Urdu ' (ditto) Karima Sheikh Counsels Cawnpore Cawnpore ... 12 Middle 3'0 ... ditto 0.0.6 Abdur
Sadi Gazette, Rahman Nawal Khan Kishore
(ditto) Gulstan Sheikh Moral Cawnpore Cawnpore ... 218 Middle 1st ... Litho. 1.0.0 Nawal Mutarujum sadi Counsels Gazette, Kishore, Persian and Nawal Lucknow Urdu Kishore
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Mahm01odl I.,.,,,, Story of pitto Nizatni ... 12 ditto 3rd ... Namall ! love Press,
Repor·t o·n t[hre ~a!ilEI~~~Rlre:;s. '(Newspaper and Senals) for 1867: By M. Kempson, Esq., M.A., Director ofPubhc Instruction, North- Westem Provmces, 111 Se/ectiort<;f{ro~mtzi'riw~t?Pe".?t:ow!lt:s a( Government. North- Western Provinces, Second series, Vol. I. Allaabad :Govenrmeml P•rlfil:Si;o.n:l~~JD:th Western Provinces, 1869, pp. 99-105.
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0.0.6 Abdur Rahman Khan
150 Behari @ Lall, 30.0.0 Mynpoory
Appendix III (for Chapter IV)
1: British Authors Writing in Persian
Author Book Title Subject Date and Place Comments of Publishing
James Skinner TashrT11U '1-Aqwam About the origin of Indian Book has been finished in [1778-1841] casts and ethnics 1825 and dedicated to Sir
John Malcolm, It is available in British museum with No:27255
Ditto Tadhkiratu 'I Omara' About King's dynasty in Available in British museum the Sikh land with No:24051 &27524
Elvis Springier India Bibliotheca Dictionary of Arabic In 1844 he was a manager of [1813-1894] books and India history Bengal Asian Asiatic
under Islamic ruler in Persian
Edward Green Guldastiy-i- Sukhan Poem in Persian and Urdu 1851-Madras Balfur [ 1813-1889]
.. ' Tomas William Miftahu 'I TawarTkh T-he last mom~nt abopt 1867-Lucknow The manager of Board of Beale [ --- 1875] Cflpturing MUI~an by · revenue in East Indian
~ritish army in 18491 and Company a!so Mada Ta.rTkh & j1is ppems
Francis/Francwa TarTkh-i-Bahratpur About Bahratpur Jat Rajas Gut lip [1857- ]
, i, ~
Ditto Fazar uz Zafar/Fath Nama AngirTz A report of Indian rebel Available in Corson's against British in 1857 Collection of Bengal Asian
Society No:317 William Arskin BaburNama 1826-London He finished the unfinished [1773-1825] John Laden's translation
according to Persian translated one to English
279
Ditto TarTkh-i-RashTdT Translated in 1840 -1841 Ditto Muntakhbill '- Lubab Translated into Persian
in1811 Ditto Akbar Nama Some parts translated into
English Ditto Jahangtr Nama Some parts translated into
English Ditto Iqbal Nama by Mu'tamid Kahn Some parts translate into
English d Ditto Tadhkerat ill Waqiat He corrected the translation
of Charz Stwards' Charles Estwrt Mirza Abutalib Kim's Trawling in Translated into English From [ 1764-1 R37) Asia, Africa, and Europe in Years Persian one MasTr-i-'"(alibT Fi
1799-1R03 Bilad-i-AfranjT Ditto Malfu2;at Tiymur!WaqiyyatTymurT 1830-London Translated into English Ditto Tadhkiratu I' Waqiat by Aft:abicht 1832-London Translated into English ,A
personal memory of Mughal Empire Humayiln
Jonathon Scat TarTkh-i-Firishtah The third chapter translated in 117 54-1829] to English in 1794 Elvis Springier Murawju I' Dhahab Translated a part of book
_LJRIJ-1894] into English Charles Elliott Gulistan Rahmat He translated to English [1776-1856
Sir Henry Elliott Indian History to Their Own (1808-1853 Historian, It is known AS
Elliott-Dawsin Indian History
280
James Etkinson Shah Nama Translated into English in [1780-1852] 1832 Ditto Rustam-u-Suhrab 1814-Calcutta Translated into English Ditto HiHam- i- TaT Translation and interpretation
into English Ditto KulthOm Nani. Customs and Manners 1832-London Translated to English From,
of the Women of Persian, and Their Kulthiim Naneh/' Aqaydu Superstitions 1 'Nisa by Aqa Jamal khansarf
Ditto Laili and Majnun, A Poem Translated 1832-London in Verse from the Original Persian of Nezami
Francis Balfour Inshay-i-Harkam/Irshadu I' T&libTn by 1781-Calcutta Translated to English [1769-1807] ( i..>"b .fo l.>! u.ft .JA) Herman Bicknell Dfwan-i-Hafi~ 1875-London ditto [1830-1875] David Price Jahanhtr Nama · 1829-London ditto Henry Tubby MathnawT AmTr Nama by Bisawn Lal 1832~Calcutta Translated as A Memory a Peransb [1792- Shadan BilgramT Afghan Soldier 1878] John Timpson Pilate Gulistan i-Sa 'df 1889-London [ I 8 3 0- I 904]
Henry Sullivan A 'tn i- Akbarf/ Akbar Nama 1892-94-Calcutta Translated chapter 2 and 3. Jarret [1839-1905] Finally with the translation of
first volume by Blukhman published in one volume
' together William Franklin Qi~a kamrup by Muhammd Ka~im 1793-London Translated into English [ 1763-1839] HusaynT
281
Charles Hamiltun Hadayya 1791-London Translated into English [ 1791- ] according Persian translation
book by Ghulam Yaqya BaharT
Henry Jorge Kin Akhlaq-i-Mu}fsinT by Husayn Wa 'iz 1850-Hartford Translated into Persian [ 1781-1864] KashanT Ditto Anwar- i-Suhayl1 j. 1835-Hartford Fist section translation with
Persian text Published Henry Jorge. Kin The collapse ofMughal Empire 1876-London His main source was TarTkh-Son Of Father i-Mu~affar by Muhammad Henry Jorge Kin All Khan 'AnasrT [ 1827- J RalfTomas YOsuf and Zulaykha by JamT 1882-London Translated into English Hachkin Grifis _ll826- ] Francis Gladwin Dabistan-i-Madhahib He translated first section and [1740-1812] published in 1&2 Volume of
Jung-i- NuwTn-i- AsTyaT (New Asiatic Miscellan)
Ditto Ayeen Akbary, or The Institutes of the 1783-1786-Calcutta The first translation in Emperor Akbar Persian in three volumes.
Ditto Dhikr-i- Al1kam wa Ashr wa KhurOj 1796-Calcutta Translated from the Persian Malikan-i-ZamTn wa Bayan-i- 'Ashir book by AmTr BilgramT into wa Anchi Muti 'Aliq bi an Ast. By English and published with AmTr Haydir BelgramT (Dissertations Persian text together. Concerning the revenues of
\ Government Ditto Khul Osa-i-TarTkh-i -K itab-i -Muqaddas 1792- Calcutta Both translated into English
(Abridgement of the History Bible by and published together in one Ostervald & Amuzish-i-0~01-i-OTn-i- volume with English text. Masi}f
Ditto TarTkh i-Bingali by MunshT 1788-Calcutta Translated into English
282
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Edward Rhatak [1819-1891] Ditto Ditto
Ditto
Alexander Dow [ -1779]
John Nat [1751-1825] Sir William Jones [1746-1794] Ditto Ditto
Salnnul' Lah The Gulistan of Sady
Karima/Pand-namah Tasnif Shaykh Sadi Shirazi
TlitT Nama yi QTya-i-Bakhsht
R04atu I'Sa:ffi By Khawt1 Mtr
TarTkh-i-SQrat by RanjhOr Jt Munt~khabu I' TawarTkl)
MahtiObu I' Qu!Ob/Shams-u- Qahqahi by Mirza BarkhOrdar Farah!
Duri Nadir!
A Grammar of Persian Language Code of Gentoo
283
1806- Calcutta
1788-Calcutta
1792-Calcutta& 180 !London 18'91-94-London
1882-Bambai 1882-Bambai
1870-Bambai
1768-London,Frist print, 1812-london second print 1787-London
1771-1786-
This was the first translation of Gulis tan into English which published with Persian text together. Translated into English and published with Persian text together. Translated into English and published with Persian text together Translated into English
Translated into English Some parts of it translated into English Translated into English
He translated first and second chapter of Tarikh-i-Firishta into English. Selected Translation
Translated to French (1770) and after that to English
It was translated by Nathaniel Perssy from Persian translated from the original one in Sanskrit as Vivadar Nava-Setu for ordering of Jones
Ditto Baghiyya-a ul Bahith An JamTI ul It is about the hereditary 1782-London Translated to English from Mawarith by Mu affaq ul DTn Ibn in Shafi 'T School Arabic Mulaqan
Ditto AI Sirajiyya FT Ilm al Fara'd Wa al 1 792-Calcutta Translated to English from Mawarith a! Eslamiyy(l by Sirajid DTn Arabic SajawandT
Robert Jones Lughat-i- Jones (Persian-English) Calcutta, 1792 Francis Gladwin A Compendious Vocab4lary English A collection of most 1791&1792-[1740-1812] and Persian (1780) cpmmon Voca,bularies in Calcutta
Persian, Bengali, 1-Jindustani(Urpu) and the list of oriental medicines
Ditto Ulfaz Udwiyeh Or the Materia Medica 1795-Calcutta Translated into English in the Arabic, Persian and Hidevy Langu(ig_e by 'l)'l)Ul M~lik ShTrazT
Ditto A Vocabulary Persian, Arabic and 1797-English i
Ditto A Vocabulary English and Persian 1800-Calcutta Ditto A Dictionary Persian, Hindustanee and 1809-Calcutta
English, Including Synonyms Ditto Persian Moonshee 1795,1799.1800- Writing for the employees of
Calcutta & 1801- India East Company London
Ditto Dissertations on the Rhetoric, Prosody, 1798-Calcutta and Rhyme of the Persian
Ditto TajnTsu I' Lughat/ TajnTs Khat Salk-i- Second print 1811- Translated into Persian and Guhar/Nassb-i- OTyaT London with editing of J. Haddon
Kicdun Farhang-i-English-Persij;ln Calcutta-1770 James Eastward History of the Brahmanids Dynasty 1900-London The book is based on two King [1848- ] Persian sources, Burhan
Muathir by Ali '(aba '(aba and Tadhkiratu '1-Mulilk by RafT'ud Din Ibrahim Shirazi. First published in Indian Antiquary.
Sir Lucas White Editing ofTayyibat-i-Sa'dt 191 9-1 921-Calcutta King [1856-1925]
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II: Regional Histories in Persian
Author Book Title Subject Date, Place of Comments P\Iblication
Thomas William Miftahu '1-Tawarikh The last moment 1867 -Lucknow The manager of Board of revenue in East Beale [ --- 1875] about capturing Indian Company
MDitai1 by British army in 1849, and also Mada Tarikh & his poems
James Skinner [1778- Tadhkiratu 'I Umara' About King's dynasty It is available in British museum with 1841] in the Sikh land No:24051 &27524 Ghulam Husayn Juhar TarTkh-i-Dil Afruz/Mah lnclud\ng Daccan 's It is ~vailable in British museum with No: [1755-1823] Nama/Taja1liyat-i-Ma)1 Events Add.26260&Add.24417 and Salar Jang
Laqa' written in (1810- museum Haydirabad Daccan No.364 1840)
Khayru' D111 Tarikh-i-.Junpur/ Jlinplir History of Junpur's 1899-.Junpur Dedicated to Abraham V1nd, The British Muhammad Allah Nama (1796) Kings judge of .Junpur AbadT [1752-1828] Ditto Ibrat Nama/ A1am Shah Most completed Dedi~ated to Mvhammad Ali khan son of
history of Shiih A1am Nawwab Awdh, Sa 'adat Ali Khan II
Ditto Tul)fa-i- Taza/Bullint History of Benaras Nama/Bullind Nama Rajas '
Ditto ' Available in Corson's Collection of Bengal Guwa!Tar Asian Society and India Office Library Nama!Kamama GuwalTar (1793)
Raf at ShirwanT Qala'idu'l Jhuhar FT Esma 'TITan 's 1884-BambaT Dedicated to Muhammad ~adiq Hasan khan, [1826-1898] Ahwalu'l Bawahir/ thougl'lts husband ofBihlipal's Queen
'Umdatu'l Akhabr Tarikh-i- Niku (1875)
Ditto Char Chaman (1883) The History of Dacan
286
and Haydir Abad Ditto Tju'l Iqbal Fi Tarfkh The History of
Mulk-i- BihOpa BihOpal Ditto
Siraju'l Iqbal The History of BihilQ_al
Ditto Tarfkh-i- About Afghan Ethnic Araghina/Tilzuk-i-Afghani
Ditto Tarfkh-i-Malwah Available in British museum Ranjhur 1T Tarfkh-i -Srat/Waqyi- The History of SOrat's
Srat (1830) Kings in the Kathfwar Ganfsh Das Raj Darshanf/ TawarTkh- The History of Jamiln Manuscript is available in British museum GujaratT/Lala GanTsh i-Rajigan (1847) with No: or.1636 Das ( -1861) is known (I..J+>/o~.l.!)
Ditto Chiragh-i-Panjab The Histiry of Pan jab Manuscript is available in British museum from old time till with No: or.1693 1846
Ditto A Report of Raja JTpal's Gakhar tribe Dedicated to Sir Henry Elliott. Manuscript is life and Gakhar tribe available in British museum with No:
or.1961/7 Ditto Char Bagh-i- The History of Pan jab 1849-Amritsar There is important information about the
Panjab/Risalah-i-Sahab till 1849 Geography, Ethnic, city, of Panjab and also Nama/ Sahab Nama the events ofPanjab from 1814 tilll849
Ditto TarTkh-i-Ahmad The history of Afghanistan Durrni' Kings
Uila SUhan La! SUrT [ 'Umdatu'l- TawarTkh The history of Sikh 1885-1889-Lahur -1852) and Panjab Muhammad TaqT Shir Singh Nama( 1849) The history of PTshavarT Maharaja Shir Singh Amarnt Akbar LahUrT Zafar Nama Ranj1t 1928- Uihun
· Singh Khushwaqt Rai TawarTkh Sakhan Mulk- A valiable inBritish Museum with No: Or:
Muhammad Qasim Al Risaliyi AfrTdT I TUzuk- Afgah11 Family trees Was emplpyed by India East Company. Khan AfrTdT [1770- i-AfrTdT and his own Families Manuscript is available in PTshawar( Nuskhi-1826] - (SuMn Khay!) yi- Mashraghiyya Dru' 1 'Ulm Al Is1amiyya
English and 'UrdU Ditto NathnawT -i-TarTkh -i- About Shah Shuja's
KabUl wa life and Afghanistan Ghandhar/Zafar Nama war and British defeat KabUl ( 1856) (1856)
Bakht Mal/ Sharh-i-Ahwal-i-
288
Ui.la Bakht Mal [1810- Singhan/Hirikh-i-Skhan ] Ditto Lay Nama The history of luee
Burgan Ditto Bagh-u-Bahar Autobiography and
the history of Kashmir Bagwan Das Shiwpuri Makhzanu '1-Futiih A report of General [ -1807] Lurd Lake[l744-
1806]'s war against . Maratha( 1806)
Pir Ibrahim Khan Tarlkh-i-Bhawalpur Nawabs of Bhawalpur Written in ordering of J. A. Cunningham. Khishigi Qa&OrT[1794-18561 Ghu!am Mul1Tyyu DTn Tarlkh-i-Panjab(l824) Sikhs Written in ordering of Jorge Russell Clark. It LOdTyanT (ButT Shah) [ ends to British victory on India. And also in -1868] ordering of V alim Merry added some
Translated English sources to it. Khan Zaman Khan Tarlkh-i-Qutb The History ~fQutb DihlawT [1785-1844] ShahTyya/Gulzar-i- ShahTs and Nizams of
Asfiyya Haydir Abad Daccan KhOshdil Hind[ - Razmistan/Bazm-i- A summary of India Dedicated to Johnston Dank ton. Available 1810] Khayl!Shah Nama-i- especial British time in India Office with No: 3975,4019 and
Hind tilll796 British Museum with No: Or 1751/4
' DurT Chatgah1 [ -1846] Sah Tfau'l-'Amal wa Chat gam
Miratu '1-Ahwal Dhun Kal Singh( CJ_y~>.:. Waqa'i-i- Bahratpur/ The History 9f ~~)[ -1807] Waqa'i-i- DhOn Kal Marhath from 1803
to 1805 till British victory
D111anata son of Bakht Marasalat-i- Raja Important infonnation Available in Adhar Collection ofPanjab Mal (Raja) [1858] DTnanata about political and with No:H-106
social affairs
289
Rabit LacknawT [ - Waqa'i-i-DilpadhTr/ The history of A wadh Was employed in India East Company. 1852] TarTkh-i-Padshah Written in ordering of John Daryl?
Baygum 1828-1837 Shakespeare. Available in British Museum with No: or1681
Ratan Chand [ - Khal i~a Nama The history of Available in Adhar Collection of Pan jab 1845] khalistan, Sikh land, with No:H-118 and Panjab university with
and the story of No:2134/pelll/73 GOjarn Bijran tribal in Pakistan Panjab Hajrana
RahTm AIT Khan Rahfm Nama The hi~tory of Ruhts Author him belonged to this ethnic group. (TOkbal) [ -1860] castle ip and also He continued the story till the death of
about Kahkam ethnic Ranjft Singh 1839. Available in British Museum with No: Or:1919
Singh KahtrT ArOrah Risalah-i-Nanak ShTI1 The history of Sikhs Written in ordering of Major James Mordunt till 1765
Maharaja Ratan Singh Sultanu' Tawarfkh The history of Awadh Dedicated to Sir Henry Elliott. Available in Lacknow(Zakhmf) till Muhammd Ali British Museum with No: Or: 1876 [1783-1851] Shah1842 Salmu'l Lh Binga!T Tarfkh-i- Binga!a/ The history of Bin gal Written in ordering of Henry Vsnsitrate, [1765- ] Tawarfkh-i-J3ingala/ and Nizams British Governor
Tahauwur Nama
i
MTrza Sangn Bayk Sayru '1-Manazil (1820) The history of Shah Written in ordering of Charles Metcalfe Jahana bad
Shadan Am1rNama About the ruler of English translation He was in service of Amfru' DOlah Afghan, Bilgramf(Bisawn La!) NOnak Rajistan by Henry Tubby founder ofNOnak state in Rajistan. The book [ -1825] Peransb [1792-1878] was written in his ordering. Available in
published in 1832- British Museum with No: Or: 1753, Kirachf Calcutta as A national museum with No: N.M. 451, and Memory a Afghan Salar Jang museum Haydirabad Daccan
- L_ Soldier No:523
~~- ~--- - -- ------
290
Ghulam Hasan ZaydT [ TarTkh-i-JOnpOr Geography, He was secretary of Charles Chisholm. He -1805] Buildings, 'Uiama of wrote the book in his demand. Available in
JOn pur British Museum with No: Add.25795 Ghulam Husayn Khan RTyaq as Salatm The history of 1890-Calcutta He was, Oak MunshT, the head of post office ZaydplirT [ -1818] Bengal(l793) under Jorge Colony, the agent of India east
Company. He wrote the book in his demand Kamalu DTn Haydir TarTkh-i-Awadh Important information Available in British Museum with No: Or. HusaynT about British's 1821
advance in Awadh Francis/Francwa Gut T arTkh-i-B ahra tp ur About Bahratpur .I at lip [1857- ] Rajas Ditto Fazar uz Zafar/Fath A report of Indian Available in Corson's Collection of Bengal
Nama AngirTz rebel against ~ritish Asian Society No:317 in 1857
Manak Chand Ahwal-i-Shahar Written in ordering of Losington, the judge Akbarabad (1825) Agrah Court( 1825-1826).A vailable in India
Office Library No:731 Muhammad Va!T TarTkh-i-Farrukhabad The origin of Afgan Available in British Museum with No: Or. Farrukhabad [1752- tribes especially 1618.and in Nadwatu'l-'Ulam Lucknow 1834] Bingish and No:1'05
Muhaqund Khan Bingish, founper of Farrukbabad ~
Ghulam AIT Khan 'lmad us-Sa 'adat/ 'lmad The history of 1864-Lo~know He was the secretary of John Belly. He NaqawTBirTIT us-Sa 'ii.dat(l8 65) Awadh's Nawabs till wrote it in his demand.
approaching of Marcie's wale sly?
Ditto Nigar Nama-i- Bnipat War Between Written in ordering of John Belly according Hind/Bahii.r Nama Ahmad Shah DurranT the Ra'O Kash Raj's Witness.(He was from
and Marathas Daccan's Brahmin. Available in British Museum with No: Or. 1896
291
t :
MOhan Singh Waqa'i-i-HOlkar he history of Marhths He was in BakhshT BahwanT service. He (§J~)/Kita b-i-Nafr'Tn wrote the book in his demand in 1818.
Mahtab Singh TarTkh/ TawarTkh-i- The history and Manuscript is available in India Office Hazarah( 1849) geography ofHazarah Library No:506
Ethnic 'from 1819 till 1849
James Eastward King History of the 1900-London The book is based on two Persian sources, [I R4R- ] Bahmanids Dynasty Burhan Muathir by AlT 'I:aba 'I:aba and
Tadhkiratu '1-MuiOk by RafT'ud OTn Ibrahim ShTrazT. First published in Indian Antiquary.
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III: Persian Printed Books under the name of Bibliotheca Indicia Series
• Khrad-namah-i lskandary, also called the Sikandar-namah-I Bahry. By Nizamy. Edited by Dr. A. Sprenger, Agha Mohammed
Shoosteri, and Mawlavi Agha Ahmad Ali,
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Tarikh-i Feroz-Shahi of Ziya-ud Din Bami, commonly called Ziaa-I Barni. Eqited ~y Saiyid Ahmad khan ' '
Tarikh-i Baihaki, containing the life of Massud, son of Sultan Mahmud of Gaznin. Edited by the late W. H. Morley .
Tabaqat-i Nasiri, Edited by Capt. W. Nassau Lees and Mawlavis Khadi!ll Hosain and 'Abd Al-Hai .
Muntakhat al-Tawarikh. Edited by Capt. W. N. Lees and Mawlavi Ahmad Ali.
Iqbalnamh-i Jaha~giri of Motamad Khan. Edited by Mawlavis Abd al-Hai anp Ahrnad Ali .
Alamgirinamah, B.y Mupammad Kazim Inb-I Muhammad Amin Munshi. Edited by Mawlavis Khadim Husain and Abd al-Hai .
Wis o Ramin, Edited by Capt. W.N. Lees and Munshi Ahmed Ali .
The Badshahnamh. By 'Abd Al-Hamid Lahawri. Edited by Maw Iavis Kabir-al-Din Ahmad and Abd al-rahim .
Index ofNames of Persons and geographical Names qccurring in the above .
Ain-i Akbari. Edited by H. B!ochmann . I
The Muntakhbat Al-Lubab of Kafi Khan. Jjditeq py Nfaulvi Kabir al-Din ahmad .
The Ma 'asir -i Alamgiri of Muhammed s·aqi l\1.usta'id Khan. Edited b/Maul~vi Agha Ahtnad Ali .
The Fahang-i Rashidi. Apersian Dectionary by Sayyid Abdurrashtd ofTattah: Edited by Maulavi Zulfagar Ali . I
The Haft Asman, q1r History of the Masnawi of the Persian. By the late Maulavi Agha Ahmad Ali. Printed with a Biographical
Notice of the Author by Prof. H. Blochmann.
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Persian Works in Progress
• The Akbarnamah, edited by maulavi Abd-ur-Rahim.Translation into En~lish.
• The A in -i Akbari by Blochmann
• Tabkat-i Nasiri in progress.
• The Shahnamah. Edited by W. H. Macnaghten.
• Tusy 's List of Shy 'ah.
• 'Aras-i- Bozorgan (Urs-i Buzurgan) (originally written in Arabic, and translated into Persian; it was originally a manuscript belonging to the Library of the College of Fort William. In the preface of the printed book is mentioned that it was probably compiled by a pious descendant of the 'Alawi family, for his own use, and never published. 662
M2A . . ras-1- Bozorgan, p.1v-
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APPENDIX (for CHAPTER VI)
1: Table for Catalogue of Persian Printed Books in the Library of the Asiatjc Society (Law/Fiqh)
Author Title of Book Place and Year of Publication
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Ahmad ibn-i-Hamid Hayarat-ul-Fiqh Kanpur- 1269 Thanaullah Banipati Haqeqat-ul-Islam Lucknow-1260 Hussain Sayyid Ruzat-ul Ahkam Ranikatrah-1275 Salamat Ali Khan Akhtiyar (Fatwa) Hyderabad, Deccan-1267 'Khadafat Khan' Abdul Rahman J ami Sabhat-ul Abrar Calcutta-1828, 18 81 Abdul Alim Nasrullah Khan Tauhfat'ul Maslin Kanpur-1271 Abdul Karim Khan Bahadur Tanvir'ul Ghulub Calcutta-1877, Kanpur-
1886 Abdul Wudud Islamabadi Waqha'at Wududi Wa Calcutta-1290
Majmu-ul Fatawi (edited by Abdul Bari)
Ghulam Yahya Bahaduri Hadaya Hamelul Matn Lucknow-1291 4 parts Badaya Ma'a Tarjuma va Sharh-i-Farsi
Fayaz-ud din Munshi Rasalah-i-Fawaiz Lucknow-1873 Muhammad Murteza Ali Kitab-e-Nuqud-ul-Hasab Madras-1844 Khan Bahadur Muhammad Razi Mullah Hadaiq-ul Ushaq Kanpur-1270 Tabrizi Muhammad Mahdi Vasilat-ul Najat Madras-127 5 Muhammad Najumddin Kitab-ul Janayat Calcutta-1813 Khan
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Muhammad Vajih Irshad-ul Rashad Fi Fazl ul Calcutta-1278 Mil ad
Muhammad Vajih Da'afa-ul Sharoor an Calcutta-1267 Masa'il-ul Nazur
Nasiruddin Fatawi Berahnah 2 volumes???
II: Table for Catalogue of Persian Printed Books in the Library of the Asiatic Society (Theology or Aqaid)
Author Nam~ of Book ·Place and Date of Publishing·
Akbar Ali Allahabadi Fusul-i-Akbari Lucknow-1262, Kanpur-1266
Mirza Bahram Rustam Ai 'in:-i-Hushflllg Bombay-1296 Nasrabadi '
Haider Ali Faizabadi Muntaha-ul-l{alam Lucknow-1482 Khudajuy ibn Namdar Kitab-i-Jam-j-Khusro va Bombay-1884
Sharh-i-Mukashifat-i-A:zar Kayvan
Abdul Hag ibn Saifuddin Taguimil-ul-Iman Ma'a Madras-12 8 8 Mohaddes 'Dehlavi' Matn-i-Arabi Abdul Hag ibn Saifuddin Madar-i-Jul Nabuwwat wa Calcutta-1271 Mohaddes 'Dehlavi' Darejat-ul Futuwwat
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Ghulam Batul Tamkin Tanbih-ul-Mut' assibin Calcutta-1280 Ghulam Halim 'Shah Abdul Tuhfat Athna Ashari Lucknow-1885 Aziz Mohaddes Dehlavi' Fida Hasan Khan Osool-i-Dhannasastra Hyderabad (Deccan) -1296
Murravaj Mamalik .Tanobi Nawab Muhammad Sadiq AI Rauz ul Khasib Akbarabad-1298 Hasan Khan-i-Bahadur Muhammad Abdur Rahman Istifta-i-Sabut Kanpur-1285 Haj i Roshan Khan Muhammad Abdus Salam Taskirat-ul-.Tum'a Lucknow-1284 Muhammad Abdul Qadir Taskirat-ul-Mazahib Agra-1299 Hooghly Muhammad Israel Nameh Ahmal Muhibbin Calcutta 1891 Muhammad Qasim ul Ulum Rasale Qasim ul Ulum Delhi-1290 Mahmud Tahir Ghazali Ma' arafat ul Mazhab Calcutta-1263 Miyandad Khan Saiyyah Ifsha-i-Asrare Faremshan Lucknow- 1880 Miyandad Khan Saiyyah Risale lfsha-i-Asrare Lucknow-1874
III: Table for Catalogue of [Persian prin~ed] Books of the Fort Willi~m College Collection
Publication & Author & Translator Title of Book Subject Date & Number of Comments City Page Hindustani Ingeel by R. H. Collebroke 1805, pages 84. Persian translation of new testament or Mathews Bible) press, Religion Calcutta, Company Classic Selections Ditto 1828 1-Akhlaq-i-Mihsini 2-Laila Wa Majnoon (Amir Khusray) 3-Press, from some pf the Bahar-i-Danish (Munshi Inayat Allah) 4- Muhabbat Namah Calcutta most esteed1ed (Jami) 5- Maktubat-abu Al Fazl Allami
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Persian writers All books bound together College Press, selection frpm th~ Ditto 1809 1- Akhlaq-i-Muhsini (Kashefi) 2-YusufZulaikha (verse) Calcutta, classical Pe'rsian Vol (Jami). The first volume of the classical Persian literature
I series if for the students of Persian classes. The books deal with the morality and love poem (Literature) respectively
College press, Alhlaq-i- J&lali(Jalal- Ditto 1811 The most celebrated book on Islamic ethics and morality Calcutta, ud-din Dav;!wani {k
Laila wa Majnoop (verse) (Khusrau)
Calcutta, Tuhfa-i-Athna ditto 1415-1800 Most remarkable work on the history, traditions and basic Ashariyah (Mulana ghulam Halim Know
tenets of Shiism an analysis of the faith.
as Shah Ab-ul Aziz Dehlawi)
Ditto Sawarim-i-llahiyat ditto N.P, 1218/1803 Two Vols Together wa Husam Al Islam, Both books deal with the philosophy and doctrines of (Sayyid Dildar Ali shiaism known as ghufran Ma'ab)
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Hundustani Tarjima Kitab-i- (Trans. Muhammad Ditto 1228/18p press, Alamgiri Najm al Din Khan and Calcutta, others) Tom son and Risala Dar Zikr-i- Compiled by Dayyid Ditto 1799 Pages 112 Persian-English. Ferries Press, Ahkam-i-Ushr Amir Haider of Deals with the land revenues and landed tenures, ets. Calcutta Bilgram Translated According to Muslim laws and Shariat.
into English by Franscis Cladwin
Leesi Press, A 'ras-i-Buzur Edited and compiled Ditto 1855 Persian/English Calcutta, by W(Uiam Nassa\l *Deals with the obituary of pious and learned Muslims from
lees and others the beginning oflslam to the middle of the 19th century with ., preface and note in English [No: 297.092 Ar 14 A]
Calcutta, Dabestan-i.Mazahib (Zulfigar Ali a! ditto 1809pages 512 An account of the various religions and philosophical Hisaini Khnown as doctrines of the people of East, with special reference to
' Mobad Shah) religious conditions in India during the 17th century with necessary y glosses.
Source: NatiOnal Archives oflndi~ Li~rary, ed., R. K. Perti, Natim~al Archives of India New Delhi, 1984
