Digital Rare Book :
The Badshah Namah
By Abd Al-Hamid Lahawri
Edited by Mawlawis Kabir Ai-Din Ahmad and Abd Al-Rahim
Under the superintendence of Major W.N.Lees
Published by The Asiatic society of Bengal, Calcutta - 1868
2 Volumes

The Padshahnama (Persian: پا د شاه نا مہ) (Chronicle of the Emperor) is a genre of works written as the official history of Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan’s reign. Most significant work of this genre was written by Abdul Hamid Lahori in two volumes.

Shah Jahan in his eighth regnal year asked Muhammad Amin Qazvini to write an official history of his reign and he completed his Padshahnama in 1636, which covers the first ten (lunar) years of Shah Jahan’s reign.[1]
Jalaluddin Tabatabai wrote another Padshahnama, but the extant portion of the text covers only four years, from fifth to eighth regnal year of the emperor. The project was later given to Abdul Hamid Lahori, who wrote his Padshahnama in two volumes. The first volume of this work is based upon Qazvini’s work but has more details. The second volume covers the next ten (lunar) years of Shah Jahan’s reign. He completed his work in 1648. Lahori died in 1654. Muhammad Waris, a pupil of Lahori s given the responsibility to complete the task and his Padshahnama (completed in 1656) covers the rest of the period of Shah Jahan’s reign. His work was published by the Asiatic Society as the third volume of the Padshahnama of Lahori.

These works are the major sources of information about the Shah Jahan's period. The beautiful illustrations and paintings in the manuscripts of these works illuminate life in the Shah's court, depicting weddings and other activities vividly.

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