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Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh (منتخب التواریخ) or Tarikh-i-Bada'uni (تاریخ بداؤنی), Selection of Chronicles by `Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni (1540–1605) is a book describing the early Mughal history of India, covering the period from the days of Ghaznavid reign until the fortieth regnal year of Mughal Emperor Akbar.

Overview[edit]

Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh is a general history of the Muslims in India from Sabuktigin to 1595, commenced in 1590 followed by biographies of shaykhs, scholars, physicians and poets.^[1] `Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni began writing this history in the first half of 1590.^[2] The book was completed by October 1595. Its comprises on the 618 solar year's historic events. Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh is based largely on Khawaja Nīzām-ud-Din Ahmad Sirhindi's Tabakāt-i-Akbar Shāhi (also known as Tabakāt-i-Akbari), with characteristic asides by `Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni.^{[citation needed]}

The work contains three volumes. The first volume contains historic accounts about the rulers and kings of the Ghaznavids, Ghurid dynasty, Mamluk Dynasty (Delhi), Babur and Humayun. It records the history of India from the coronation of Sabuktigin, founder of Ghaznavids Empire (A.D 977) down to the death of Mughal Emperor Humayun (24 January 1556). The second volume covers the first forty years of Mughal Emperor Akbar's reign from 14 February 1556 to October 1595. Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni was Eye-witness of Akbar's era. This volume is an unusually frank and critical account of Akbar's administrative measures, particularly regarding religion and his conduct. This volume was kept concealed till Akbar's death and was published after Jahangir's accession (approximately in 1605). The third part contains the biographical accounts of the Saints, Poets and men of letters who were either known to him, or were attached to the court of Akbar. The accounts relate to 38 Shaykhs (religious leaders), 69 scholars, 15 philosophers, physicians and 67 poets.^[2]

The work is noted for its hostile comments on Akbar's religious activities. Its existence was apparently kept secret until at least the tenth year of Jahangir's reign (1615). When Mullā 'Abd al-Bāķī Nahawandī, author of Ma'āthir-i- Rahimī, did not know of it when he completed his work in 1616.^[1] According to Shaykh Muhammad Baķā Sahāranpūrī, author of Mir'āt al-'Ālam, composed in 1667, said `Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni's children asserted to Jahangir that they did not know of the existence of the work.^[3]

Publications[edit]

The first Persian language text of this book was published in 1864 from Lucknow, but is no longer available and has since likely been lost.^[4] The second printed edition of the text of this work was published by the College Press, Calcutta in 1865. This work was later translated into English by G.S.A. Ranking (Vol.I), W.H. Lowe (Vol.II) and T.W. Haig (Vol.III) (published by the Asiatic Society, Calcutta between 1884-1925 as a part of their Bibliotheca Indiaca series).

Maulavi Ehtisham-ud-Din Muradabadi was the first to translate it into Urdu, and it was then published by Munshi Navalkishore's Press, Lucknow in 1889.

Abstract version[edit]

Abd-Shukur ibn Sheikh Abdul-Wāseī Thattahvi wrote an abstract version of this book in Persian language.^[5]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Hardy, P. (1986). Encyclopedia of Islam (New ed.). Leiden (Netherlands): E. J. Brill, Volume I. p. 857.
^ ^a ^b Badayuni, Mulla 'Abd al-Qadir (1990). Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh. New Delhi, India: Atlantic Publishers & Distributions, Volume. I. p. 8.
^ British Library, Add MS 7657, folio 452 a-b
^ Qadri, Shams-Ullah (1933). Mawrakhin-i-Hind. Hyderabad Deccan, India: Matba-i- Nizam Deccan. p. 13.
^ Ahmed, Dr. Zahur-ud-Din (2016). Persian Literature in Pakistan from Jahangir to Aurangzeb. Karachi, Pakistan: Majlis-e-Taraqqi-e-Adab. p. 253.

External links[edit]

The Muntakhabu-’rūkh by ‘Abdu-’l-Qādir Ibn-i-Mulūk Shāh, (Al-Badāoni) Packard Humanities Institute
Tārīkh-i Badāūnī, a translation from Volume V of The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians, 1867
"Bada'uni, 'Abd al-Qadir." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2005. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 16 Nov. 2005 .
Muntakhab al-Tavarikh (in Persian) Volume 2 .
All three volumes of his Muntakhab al-Tavarikh (in English) are available and searchable here: http://persian.packhum.org/persian/
Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh, Volume 1 (1898)

[:0-1] Hardy, P. (1986). Encyclopedia of Islam (New ed.). Leiden (Netherlands): E. J. Brill, Volume I. p. 857.

[:1-2] Badayuni, Mulla 'Abd al-Qadir (1990). Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh. New Delhi, India: Atlantic Publishers & Distributions, Volume. I. p. 8.

[3] British Library, Add MS 7657, folio 452 a-b

[4] Qadri, Shams-Ullah (1933). Mawrakhin-i-Hind. Hyderabad Deccan, India: Matba-i- Nizam Deccan. p. 13.

[5] Ahmed, Dr. Zahur-ud-Din (2016). Persian Literature in Pakistan from Jahangir to Aurangzeb. Karachi, Pakistan: Majlis-e-Taraqqi-e-Adab. p. 253.

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+{{Short description|Mughal history by Abdul Qadir Badauni}}
-[[File:Badayuni's History- Calcutta 1865.jpg|thumb|Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh, Persian text, published in [[Calcutta]], [[1865]]]]
+{{italic title}}
-'''''Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh (منتخب التواریخ)''' or'' '''''Tarikh-i-Bada'uni'''''  (تاریخ بداؤنی), '''''Selection of Chronicles''''' is a history of [[India]], covering the period from the days of the [[Ghaznavids]] down to the fortieth regnal year of Mughal Emperor [[Akbar]].
+[[File:Badayuni's History- Calcutta 1865.jpg|thumb|''Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh'', Persian text, published in [[Calcutta]], 1865]]
+'''''Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh (منتخب التواریخ)''' or'' '''''Tarikh-i-Bada'uni'''''  (تاریخ بداؤنی), '''''Selection of Chronicles''''' by [[`Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni]] (1540–1605) is a book describing the early Mughal history of [[India]], covering the period from the days of [[Ghaznavids|Ghaznavid]] reign until the fortieth regnal year of Mughal Emperor [[Akbar]].
-== History ==
+== Overview ==
-Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh is general history of the Muslims in [[India]] from [[Sabuktigin]] to 1595, commenced in [[1590]] followed by biographies of shaykhs, scholars, physicians and poets.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Islam (New Edition)|last=Hardy|first=P.|publisher=E. J. Brill, Volume I.|year=1986|isbn=|location=Leiden (Netherlands)|pages=857}}</ref>
+''Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh'' is a general history of the Muslims in [[India]] from [[Sabuktigin]] to 1595, commenced in 1590 followed by biographies of shaykhs, scholars, physicians and poets.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Islam|last=Hardy|first=P.|publisher=E. J. Brill, Volume I.|year=1986|location=Leiden (Netherlands)|pages=857|edition=New }}</ref> [[`Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni]] began writing this history in the first half of 1590.<ref name=":1" /> The book was completed by October 1595. Its comprises on the 618 solar year's historic events. ''Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh'' is based largely on Khawaja Nīzām-ud-Din Ahmad Sirhindi's Tabakāt-i-Akbar Shāhi (also known as Tabakāt-i-Akbari), with characteristic asides by [[`Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni]].{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}
+The work contains three volumes. The first volume contains historic accounts about the rulers and kings of the [[Ghaznavids]], [[Ghurid dynasty]], [[Mamluk Dynasty (Delhi)]], [[Babur]] and [[Humayun]].  It records the history of India from the coronation of [[Sabuktigin]], founder of [[Ghaznavids]] Empire (A.D 977) down to the death of Mughal Emperor [[Humayun]] (24 January 1556). The second volume covers the first forty years of Mughal Emperor [[Akbar]]'s reign from 14 February 1556 to October 1595. [[`Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni|Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni]] was Eye-witness of [[Akbar]]'s era.  This volume is an unusually frank and critical account of Akbar's administrative measures, particularly regarding religion and his conduct. This volume was kept concealed till Akbar's death and was published after Jahangir's accession (approximately in 1605). The third part contains the biographical accounts of the Saints, Poets and men of letters who were either known to him, or were attached to the court of [[Akbar]].  The accounts relate to 38 Shaykhs (religious leaders), 69 scholars, 15 philosophers, physicians and 67 poets.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh|last=Badayuni|first=Mulla 'Abd al-Qadir|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distributions, Volume. I|year=1990|location=New Delhi, [[India]]|pages=8}}</ref>
-[[`Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni]] began writing this history in the first half of [[1590]].<ref name=":1" /> The book was completed in October [[1595]]. Its comprises on the 618 solar year's historic events.
+The work is noted for its hostile comments on [[Akbar]]'s religious activities. Its existence was apparently kept secret until at least the tenth year of [[Jahangir]]'s reign (1615). When Mullā 'Abd al-Bāķī Nahawandī, author of Ma'āthir-i- Rahimī, did not know of it when he completed his work in 1616.<ref name=":0" /> According to Shaykh Muhammad Baķā Sahāranpūrī, author of Mir'āt al-'Ālam, composed in 1667, said [[`Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni]]'s children asserted to [[Jahangir]] that they did not know of the existence of the work.<ref>[[British Library]], Add MS 7657, folio 452 a-b</ref>
-== Text ==
-This work in three volumes is a general History of the Muslims of India. The first volume contains historic accounts about the rulers and kings of [[Ghaznavids]], [[Ghurid dynasty]], [[Mamluk Dynasty (Delhi)|Mamluk Dynasty (Delhi),]] [[Babur]] and [[Humayun]].  The second volume exclusively deals with Akbar's reign up to October 1595. This volume is an unusually frank and critical account of Akbar's administrative measures, particularly religious and his conduct. This volume was kept concealed till Akbar's death and was published after Jahangir's accession (approximately in [[1605]]).
-==== First Part ====
+== Publications ==
+The first [[Persian language]] text of this book was published in 1864 from [[Lucknow]], but is no longer available and has since likely been lost.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Mawrakhin-i-Hind|last=Qadri|first=Shams-Ullah|publisher=Matba-i- Nizam Deccan|year=1933|location=Hyderabad Deccan, [[India]]|pages=13}}</ref> The second printed edition of the text of this work was published by the College Press, Calcutta in 1865. This work was later translated into English by G.S.A. Ranking (Vol.I), W.H. Lowe (Vol.II) and T.W. Haig (Vol.III) (published by the Asiatic Society, Calcutta between 1884-1925 as a part of their Bibliotheca Indiaca series).
-The first part records the history of India from the coronation of [[Sabuktigin]], founder of [[Ghaznavids]] Empire (A.D 977) down to the death of Mughal Emperor [[Humayun]] (24 January [[1556]]).
+Maulavi Ehtisham-ud-Din Muradabadi was the first to translate it into [[Urdu]], and it was then published by Munshi Navalkishore's Press, [[Lucknow]] in 1889.
-==== Second Part ====
-The second part devoted to cover only the first forty years of Mughal Emperor [[Akbar]]'s reign from 14 February [[1556]] to [[October]] [[1595]]. [[`Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni|Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni]] was Eye-witness of [[Akbar]]'s era.
-==== Third Part ====
+== Abstract version ==
+Abd-Shukur ibn Sheikh Abdul-Wāseī Thattahvi wrote an abstract version of this book in [[Persian language]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Persian Literature in Pakistan from Jahangir to Aurangzeb|last=Ahmed|first=Dr. Zahur-ud-Din|publisher=Majlis-e-Taraqqi-e-Adab|year=2016|location=Karachi, Pakistan|pages=253}}</ref>
-The third part and the last part of contains the biographical accounts of the Saints, Poets and men of letters who were either known to him, or were attachhed to the court of [[Akbar]].  The accounts relate to 38 Shaykhs (religious leaders), 69 scholars, 15 philosophers, physicians and 67 poets.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh|last=Badayuni|first=Mulla 'Abd al-Qadir|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distributions, Volume. I|year=1990|isbn=|location=New Delhi, [[India]]|pages=8}}</ref>
-== Extractions ==
-Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh is based largely on Khawaja Nīzām-ud-Din Ahmad Sirhindi's Tabakāt-i-Akbar Shāhi (also known as Tabakāt-i-Akbari), with charachteristic asides by [[`Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni]].
-== During the reign of [[Jahangir]] ==
-The work is noted for its hostile comments on [[Akbar]]'s religious activities. Its existence was apparently kept secret until at least the tenth year of [[Jahangir]]'s reign ([[1615]]). When Mullā 'Abd al-Bāīķī Nahawandī, author of Ma'āthir-i- Rahimī, did not know of it when he completed his work in [[1616]].<ref name=":0" /> According to Shaykh Muhammad Baķā Sahāranpūrī, author of Mir'āt al-'Ālam, composed in [[1667]], said [[`Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni]]'s children asserted to [[Jahangir]] that they did not know of the existence of the work.<ref>{{Cite book|title=British Museum, Add 7657, folio 452 a-b|last=|first=|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref>
-== Translations & Publication ==
-The first [[Persian language]] text of this book was published in [[1864]] from [[Lucknow]], but its not available now. <ref>{{Cite book|title=Mawrakhin-i-Hind|last=Qadri|first=Shams-Ullah|publisher=Matba-i- Nizam Deccan|year=1933|isbn=|location=Hyderabad Deccan, [[India]]|pages=13}}</ref> The second printed edition of the text of this work was published by the College Press, Calcutta in 1865 and later this work was translated into English by G.S.A. Ranking (Vol.I), W.H. Lowe (Vol.II) and T.W. Haig (Vol.III) (published by the Asiatic Society, Calcutta between 1884-1925 as a part of their Bibliotheca Indiaca series).
-Maulavi Ehtisham-ud-Din Muradabadi was first who translate it in [[Urdu]], was published by Munshi Navalkishore's Press, [[Lucknow]] in [[1889]].
-== Abstract Version ==
-Abd-Shukur ibn Sheikh Abdul-Wāseī Thattahvi wrote abstract version of this book in [[Persian language]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Persian Literature in Pakistan from Jahangir to Aurangzeb|last=Ahmed|first=Dr. Zahur-ud-Din|publisher=Majlis-e-Taraqqi-e-Adab|year=2016|isbn=|location=Karachi, Pakistan|pages=253}}</ref>
-== See also ==
-[[`Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni]]
 == References ==
+{{Reflist}}
-[[Category:1595]]
 == External links ==
 * [http://persian.packhum.org/persian/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D03601020%26ct%3D0 The Muntakhabu-’rūkh by ‘Abdu-’l-Qādir Ibn-i-Mulūk Shāh, (Al-Badāoni)] [[Packard Humanities Institute]]
 * [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924073036752#page/n489/mode/2up ''Tārīkh-i Badāūnī''], a translation from Volume V of [[The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians]], 1867
 * "Bada'uni, 'Abd al-Qadir." [[Encyclopædia Britannica]]. 2005. [http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9011694 Encyclopædia Britannica Online]. 16 Nov. 2005 .
 * ''[[iarchive:MuntakhabAl-tavarikhOfBadauni.Volume2.Persian|Muntakhab al-Tavarikh]]'' (in Persian) Volume 2 .
 * All three volumes of his Muntakhab al-Tavarikh (in English) are available and searchable here: http://persian.packhum.org/persian/
-* [https://books.google.com/books?id=RFNOAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh, Volume 1'' (1898)]
+* [https://books.google.com/books?id=RFNOAAAAYAAJ ''Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh, Volume 1'' (1898)]
+[[Category:History books about India]]
+[[Category:1595 books]]
+[[Category:1865 non-fiction books]]
+[[Category:Books about the Mughal Empire]]
+[[Category:16th-century Indian books]]
+[[Category:19th-century Indian books]]
+[[Category:Indian chronicles]]
+[[Category:Historiography of India]]