The TuzukiJahangiri or the Memoirs of Jahangir written by NurudDin Muhammad Salim Jahangir (r.16051627) gives a lively picture of India in the early decades of the seventeenth century. Written in Persian Jahangir follows the writing style of his greatgrandfather Babur. It contains details pertaining to art battles and conquests military aspects religion social issues and his household. Tuzuk contains the first nineteen years (16051623) of Jahangir’s rule while the rest of the memoirs were entrusted to Muhammad Hadi and Mutamid Khan who wrote the biography of the said Mughal emperor Iqbal NamaiJahangiri. The autobiography meticulously describes the minute details depicting flora and fauna as Jahangir was also a naturalist. Also it contains the early life of Jahangir’s successor and the fourth Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan (r.162858). The printed version was published by Islamic scholar and reformer Sir Syed Ahmed Khan printed at Ghazipur (1863) and Aligarh (1864). Filled with folios containing miniature paintings the entire manuscript of Tuzuk is preserved at the National Museum New Delhi and several albums are deposited at the British Museum London. About the Author Alexander Rogers (18251910) was an Indian civil servant and orientalist. He was appointed as the Collector and Magistrate in 1860 and was a member of Council of Bombay Presidency in 1872. He wrote books such as History of Land Revenue Settlement of Bombay and also translated the classical Persian romantic work Yusuf and Zulekha and other modern Persian plays. Henry Beveridge (18371929) was an Indian Civil Service officer and orientalist. He translated the famous Akbar Nama (vols. 13) and the author of several books like The District of Bakarganj: Its History and Statistics and Texts and The Trial of Maharaja Nanda Kumar: A Narrative of a Judicial Murder.
