A HISTORY OF SIND,
FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE
EIGHTH TO THE END OF THE
SIXTEENTH CENTURY;
A History of Sind
BY
MAHOMED MASOOM NAMÉ.
Reproduced in PDF format
By: Sani H. Panhwar
,SELECTIONS FROM THE RECORDS OF THE BOMBAY GOVERNMENT.
NO. XIII.—NEW SERIES.
A HISTORY OF SIND,
EMBRACING THE PERIOD FROM A.D. 710 TO A.D. 1590;
WRITTEN IN PERSIAN, AT THE CLOSE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY,
BY
MAHOMED MASOOM;
AND TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH, IN THE YEAR 1846,
BY
CAPTAIN GEORGE GRENVILLE MALET,
3RD REGIMENT BOMBAY LIGHT CAVALRY,
RESIDENT AT KHYRPOOR.
ASSISTED BY PEER MAHOMED,
RESIDENCY MOONSHEE.
EDITED BY R. HUGHES THOMAS, ASSISTANT SECRETARY, POLITICAL
DEPARTMENT,
Bombay:
PRINTED FOR GOVERNMENT
AT THE
BOMBAY EDUCATION SOCIETY’S PRESS.
1855.
Reproduced in PDF format by
SANI HUSSAIN PANHWAR
July – 2008 at Los Angeles California
A History of Sind 1
, A HISTORY OF SIND,
FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE EIGHTH TO THE END OF THE
SIXTEENTH CENTURY;
BY
MAHOMED MASOOM NAMÉ.
TRANSLATED, IN THE YEAR 1846, FROM THE ORIGINAL PERSIAN,
BY
MAJOR GEORGE GRENVILLE MALET,
3RD REGT. BOMBAY LIGHT CAVALRY,
RESIDENT AT KHYRPOOR,
ASSISTED BY PEER MAHOMED,
RESIDENCY MOONSHEE.
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, NOTE BY THE TRANSLATOR.
THIS “History of Sind” affords the following information relative to its Author:—
His name was Mahomed Masoom, with the titular name of Namé: his father’s name was
Sufaee Hoosainee, who, leaving his native place Tirmaz, came to Bukkur, where he died
and was buried. His descendants are now to be found living on a limited portion of the
lands which were presented in Jageer by the Emperor Akbar Shah to the Historian, on the
occasion of his visiting and paying his respects to His Majesty in the district of Bukkur.
“He is a fool who lends a book— he is a greater who returns it!”
is an Eastern saying. Acting up to this, the Natives in general have a great repugnance to
lend their MSS.; but I had the good fortune to obtain the loan of a copy of this work from
His Highness Meer Ali Morad Khan Talpoor, another from Peer Ali Gohur, and a third
from Goolam Ali Shah (these two last-named are Syuds of respectable families in Upper
Sind): with these before me I executed this translation.
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FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE
EIGHTH TO THE END OF THE
SIXTEENTH CENTURY;
A History of Sind
BY
MAHOMED MASOOM NAMÉ.
Reproduced in PDF format
By: Sani H. Panhwar
,SELECTIONS FROM THE RECORDS OF THE BOMBAY GOVERNMENT.
NO. XIII.—NEW SERIES.
A HISTORY OF SIND,
EMBRACING THE PERIOD FROM A.D. 710 TO A.D. 1590;
WRITTEN IN PERSIAN, AT THE CLOSE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY,
BY
MAHOMED MASOOM;
AND TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH, IN THE YEAR 1846,
BY
CAPTAIN GEORGE GRENVILLE MALET,
3RD REGIMENT BOMBAY LIGHT CAVALRY,
RESIDENT AT KHYRPOOR.
ASSISTED BY PEER MAHOMED,
RESIDENCY MOONSHEE.
EDITED BY R. HUGHES THOMAS, ASSISTANT SECRETARY, POLITICAL
DEPARTMENT,
Bombay:
PRINTED FOR GOVERNMENT
AT THE
BOMBAY EDUCATION SOCIETY’S PRESS.
1855.
Reproduced in PDF format by
SANI HUSSAIN PANHWAR
July – 2008 at Los Angeles California
A History of Sind 1
, A HISTORY OF SIND,
FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE EIGHTH TO THE END OF THE
SIXTEENTH CENTURY;
BY
MAHOMED MASOOM NAMÉ.
TRANSLATED, IN THE YEAR 1846, FROM THE ORIGINAL PERSIAN,
BY
MAJOR GEORGE GRENVILLE MALET,
3RD REGT. BOMBAY LIGHT CAVALRY,
RESIDENT AT KHYRPOOR,
ASSISTED BY PEER MAHOMED,
RESIDENCY MOONSHEE.
A History of Sind 2
, NOTE BY THE TRANSLATOR.
THIS “History of Sind” affords the following information relative to its Author:—
His name was Mahomed Masoom, with the titular name of Namé: his father’s name was
Sufaee Hoosainee, who, leaving his native place Tirmaz, came to Bukkur, where he died
and was buried. His descendants are now to be found living on a limited portion of the
lands which were presented in Jageer by the Emperor Akbar Shah to the Historian, on the
occasion of his visiting and paying his respects to His Majesty in the district of Bukkur.
“He is a fool who lends a book— he is a greater who returns it!”
is an Eastern saying. Acting up to this, the Natives in general have a great repugnance to
lend their MSS.; but I had the good fortune to obtain the loan of a copy of this work from
His Highness Meer Ali Morad Khan Talpoor, another from Peer Ali Gohur, and a third
from Goolam Ali Shah (these two last-named are Syuds of respectable families in Upper
Sind): with these before me I executed this translation.
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