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About The Book : During the period I was engaged in translating the Memoirs of the Emperor Timur, I received, from my friend Major William Yule, a Persian manuscript, containing Private Memoirs of the Emperor Humayun, son of the celebrated Baber, and father of the no less famous Akber, sixth in descent from Timur, and cotemporary with our King Henry VIII. with a recommendation that I should translate it. In compliance with my friend's recommendation, and at the request of the Oriental Translation Committee, I have undertaken the task. As the Author of this Work was not a learned person, it has no claims to erudition ; I have therefore not thought it requisite to give any part of the original text ; and although, in conformity to the practice of the times, he has ornamented his book with various quotations from the Koran, with many passages from Persian poets, and historical anecdotes. This book being written with the greatest sincerity and naivete, sometimes to the disparagement of his hero, the no doubt of its authenticity. The manuscript was purchased at Lucknow, the capital of Oude. The Anglo-orthography of this work is nearly the same as that of the Memoirs of Timur, viz. a free use of the Persian letters ; and the shorte, representing the vowel zubber of that language. About The Author : Charles Stewart (1764–1837), was a British orientalist. He served in the Bengal Army from 1781 until 1808. He was assistant-professor of Persian at Fort William College, Calcutta from 1800 until 1806. From 1807 until 1827 he was professor of Arabic, Persian, and Hindustani at East India College, Haileybury. He edited and translated oriental works. In 1781 he entered the East India Company's Bengal Army as cadet, and left it with the rank of major in 1808. On the foundation of the Fort William College, Calcutta in 1800, he was appointed assistant professor of Persian, but in 1806 returned to England, and in the following year was appointed to the professorship (which he retained until 1827), of Arabic, Persian, and Hindustani in the East India College, Haileybury. He died at Bath on 19 April 1837. He was a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Munich and other learned bodies, and in 1831 received the gold medal of the Oriental Translation Fund The Title 'The Tezkereh Al Vakiāt, Or, Private Memoirs of the Moghul Emperor Humayun written/authored/edited by Jouher, Translated by Charles Stewart', published in the year 2022. The ISBN 9788121264310 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 141 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-