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H. ) :- " The year 1000, of the Hijrah era, which is in general use, being now on the point of completion, the Emperor ordered a history of all the kings of Islam to be written, which should in reality supersede all other histories, and directed that such a name should be given to the work as to denote the year of its composition.
The Mulla was then engaged in writing the Annals of the year 684 of the Rihlat Era and was in the middle of an account of the early career of Ghazan Khan, the great-grandson of Hulagfl Khan, when he was mortally wounded by the aforesaid Fu. lad Birlas, On the death of the Mulla, the royal command was issued to Asaf Khan to continue the narra• tive and to complete the Tarikh.
The principal compiler, who wrote the Annals of the years 36 to 684 of the Rihlat Era was the well-known physician and scholar, Mullft Ahmad.
1 Asaf Khan, the continuator, who wrote the Annals of 686-987 of the Rihlat Era came to India in the 22nd year of Akbar's reign and was introduced to the Emperor by Asaf Khan II, his uncle.
2 Hajji Ibrahim Sarhindi, who wrote the Annals of the years 5, 12, 10, 26 and :33 of the Rihlat Era, was a promi• nent scholar at the court of Akbar.
It is very unfortunate indeed that no complete manu• script of the Tarikh is available in any public library in India and so I am unable to discuss the value of Asaf Khan's account or examine the charge of Shi'a procli• vil.