Yadgar-i-Bahaduri
Editor | Bahadur Singh |
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Country | Mughal Empire |
Language | Persian |
Subject | geography, history, science, art |
Genre | non-fiction |
Published | 1834 |
Yadgar-i-Bahaduri ("The Memorial of Bahadur") is an Indian
Authorship and date
Bahadur Singh was originally a resident of Gondiwal
Bahadur Singh states that he has only copied content from other books, and organized it into an encyclopedia. But according to Charles Rieu he evidently added original content, especially on the later history of Awadh and Bengal.[2] The detailed account of the Nawabs of Awadh, their families and their ministers is unique to this encyclopedia among other contemporary works.[3]
For some reason, Bahadur Singh strongly resented
Contents
The encyclopedia is divided into 4 books (Sanihah), which are further sub-divided into chapters (dastan).[2][3]
Book I
Information on prophets from Adam to Muhammad.
Book II
- The early Khalifas
- The Twelve Imams
- The Ummayads
- The Abbasids
- The Isma'ilis of Egypt and Kuhistan, and Qarmatians
- The royal Sayyids
- The Sharifs of Mecca and Medina
Book III
- Philosophers of the world
- Greece and Europe (including Copernicus)
- Persia and India
- Others (early Muslims and modern physicians)
- Greece and Europe (including
- Companions of Muhammad
- Their successors (Tabi‘unand Tubba')
- Shaikhs of four types
- Sunnis
- Shias
- Sufis of Iran (mainly copied from Nafahat-ul-Uns)
- Hindu theosophists, devotees and their sects
- Ulama
- Poets and miscellaneous
- Arab poets
- Persian poets
- Different kinds of handwriting
- Rekhta poets of India
- Rules of versification (metre, rhyme, and poetical figures)
- Physiognomy
- Interpretation of dreams
- Breath regulation as practised by Hindus
- Astrology and astrologers
- Music of Hindustan
- Agriculture ("the best of all the arts")
- Architecture / Masonry
- Ironmongery
- Carpentry
- Commerce
- Painting
- Talismans
- Magic
- Handicrafts of various descriptions, including cookery
- Wise sayings, witticisms and anecdotes
- Celebrated Muslims not included in earlier sections
Book IV
This book begins with an introduction (mukaddimah) of the Old World and the New World.
- The seven climes
- Countries and cities of the world:
- Muslim world
- Europe
- India, including separate accounts of the Mughal subahs(provinces)
The introduction is followed by 8 chapters (fasls):
- Kings of Iran
- Early kings
- Kings of Sistan
- Saffaris
- Kings of Tabistan
- Tahiris
- Dailamis
- Ghaznavis
- Kirman
- Atabaks of Azarbaijan, Pars, and Luristan
- Ghuris
- Qara Khitais of Kirman
- Ilkhanis
- Kurts
- Sarbadars
- Injus
- Muzaffaris
- Timur and his successors
- Rulers of Shirvan and Dagestan
- Zulkadr
- Ag Qoyunlus
- Safavis
- Ghilzais
- Karim Khan)
- Kamran Shah)
- Zands and Kajars (till Fath-Ali Shah)
- Kings of the Arabs
- Adites
- Kings of Babylon and Assyria
- Himyaris and Ghassanis
- Abyssinians
- Karmatites
- Ayyubis of Yemen
- Hamdanis
- Greek and Romans [sic]
- Rulers of Egypt and Sham (Syria)
- Maghreb
- Seventeen dynasties, from the Umayyads of Spain to the Sharifs of Pez
- Sultans of Turkistan
- Early kings
- Chingiz Khan
- Descendants of Juji
- Descendants of Chagatai
- Ilkhanis, and Chupanis
- Tughatimuris
- Samanis
- Khans of Turkistan, Bughra Khan and others
- Khwarazmians
- Timur and his successors
- Khwarezm, and Badakhshan
- Kings of Europe
- Creeds, manners, and institutions of the Europeans
- including the British in India, their army, administration of justice, revenue, learning
- Rulers of Hindustan: its different provinces and inhabitants
- )
- Early Rajas
- Rajputs
- Muslim conquest
- Slaves of the Ghuris
- Khaljis
- Tughlukshahis
- Khizirkhanis
- Lodis
- Surs
- Timurids, from Babar to the accession of Akbar II
- Malwa
- Deccan
- Khandesh
- Samaris of Malivar (Malabar)
- Hurmuz
- Mysore
- Bijanagar
- Marathas
- Nizams of Hyderabad
- Gujarat
- Ajmer, Rajputs, and Jats
- Thatta
- Lahore
- Kashmir
- Tibet
- Kabul
- Bengal
- Benares
- Jaunpur
- Early rulers of Awadh, including Rama
- Nawabs of Awadh from Saadat Ali Khan to the time of composition
- Rules of conduct and useful advice to kings and vazirs
Translations
Munshi Sadasukh Lal partially translated Yadgar-i-Bahaduri into English. This translation appears in Henry Miers Elliot's History of India.[2]
References
- ISBN 978-0-14-310118-5.
- ^ a b c Charles Rieu (1879). Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British museum. Vol. 3. London: British Museum. pp. 897–899.
- ^ a b c Henry Miers Elliot (1877). John Dowson (ed.). The History of India, as told by its own historians: The Muhammadan Period. Trübner and Company. pp. 417–425.
- ISBN 978-0-521-66360-1.