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Homira S. Pashai The Padshahnama of The Library of Congress
The Padshahnama of The Library of Congress The Rosenwald Collection at the Library of Congress contains an exquisite manuscript of the Padshahnama (Chronicle of the King of the World) written by Shah Jahan historian Muhammad Amin ibn Abi al-Husayn Qazvini followed by parts completed by another historian of the king, Muhammad Salih Kamboh.
Shah jahan biography pdf directory
The manuscript is the biography of Shah Jahan, the fifth Mughal emperor, who ruled from 1628-58. Qazvini covered the events of the reign from the birth of Shah Jahan at 1592 to the first ten years of his rule. Qazvini’s biography is known to be completed at 1636.
Salih Kamboh had completed his version of the biography of Shah Jahan known as Amal-i Salih in three volumes in 1671. The library copy includes Qazvini’s complete work and Salih Kamboh’s biography from the events of the eleventh year of the reign to the death of the Shah Jahan along with two appendixes (Tadhkirah) of the learned