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The History of Hindustan (3 Vols)
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The History of Hindustan by ALEXANDER DOW, ESQ. Second Edition, was published in the year 1770-72 Dow had succeeded his father in his office as the Private Secretary of Aurangzeb the last Mogul Emperor His study of Persian led him to the works of Muhammad Kasim Ibn Hindu Shah Astarabadi Ferishta and of several other Persian writers and he was persuaded to bring the historical account of the Moguls to the knowledge of his fellow countrymen. His work was primarily a translation of Ferishta’s works into English while retaining the structural aspect of the original as closely as possible. In the second edition he had added dissertations concerning the ancient history of Indians and on the customs, manners, language, religion and philosophy of Hindus. Besides elaborating upon the magnificence of the Imperial House of Timur, the book reflects the prejudices of the Muslim invaders against the followers of the Brahmanical religion.
The book has been meticulously edited by Dahiva who rendered the onginal Anglo-Nordic script in modern English without disturbing the original diction and structure and has relied upon the works of Charles Johnston’s The System of Vedanta and on Lawrence H Dawson in The Nuttall Encyclopaedia for transliteration and standardization of spellings of proper names.
This book is must for all Research Centers, Institutes. Universities and Libraries and gives a contemporary account of the Muslim period in India.
The History of Hindustan by ALEXANDER DOW, ESQ. Second Edition, was published in the year 1770-72 Dow had succeeded his father in his office as the Private Secretary of Aurangzeb the last Mogul Emperor His study of Persian led him to the works of Muhammad Kasim Ibn Hindu Shah Astarabadi Ferishta and of several other Persian writers and he was persuaded to bring the historical account of the Moguls to the knowledge of his fellow countrymen. His work was primarily a translation of Ferishta’s works into English while retaining the structural aspect of the original as closely as possible. In the second edition he had added dissertations concerning the ancient history of Indians and on the customs, manners, language, religion and philosophy of Hindus. Besides elaborating upon the magnificence of the Imperial House of Timur, the book reflects the prejudices of the Muslim invaders against the followers of the Brahmanical religion.
The book has been meticulously edited by Dahiva who rendered the onginal Anglo-Nordic script in modern English without disturbing the original diction and structure and has relied upon the works of Charles Johnston’s The System of Vedanta and on Lawrence H Dawson in The Nuttall Encyclopaedia for transliteration and standardization of spellings of proper names.
This book is must for all Research Centers, Institutes. Universities and Libraries and gives a contemporary account of the Muslim period in India.
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