Tarikh-i-Chitral
| Author | Mirza Muhammad Ghufran |
|---|---|
| Language | Persian |
| Subject | History of Chitral |
| Published | 1921 |
| Publication place | British India, Bombay |
| Media type | (Hardback) |
| Pages | 484 |
| Preceded by | Safarnameh-i-Hindustan. |
| Followed by | Ferqai-i-Batiniya |
The Tarikh-i-Chitral (lit. History of Chitral) is a work compiled and finalized in 1921 by Mirza Muhammad Ghufran on the order of Mehtar Shuja ul-Mulk (r. 1895–1936). Originally written in 1892 as Mukhtasar Tarikh-i-Chitral (lit. Short history of Chitral),[1] its second version was completed in Persian between 1911 and 1919, with its publication following in the year 1921 in Bombay, India. After its publication, Mehtar Shuja ul-Mulk ordered the burning of all copies of the book.[2][3]
This book remained clandestinely in Chitral until the author's son, Ghulam Murtaza, recovered a copy and together with Wazir Ali Shah used it as a reference to compile the Nayi Tarikh-i-Chitral (lit. New history of Chitral) in 1962.[4]
Nayi Tarikh-i-Chitral
The Nayi Tarikh-i-Chitral is an Urdu translation of the original Tarikh-i-Chitral albeit with considerable additions based on the notes of Mehtar Nasir ul-Mulk (r. 1936–1943).[5][6] The book revises and significantly enlarges the narrative of the original Tarikhi-Chitral based on the additional research of Sir Nasir ul-Mulk.[3][4]
Tarikh-i-Chitral of Munshi Azizuddin
An unrelated work on history of Chitral, albeit depending on the work of Mirza Ghufran, also titled Tarikh-i-Chitral, was completed and published by Munshi Muhammad Azizuddin in 1897 in Urdu.[1]
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References
- 1 2 Holzwarth, Wolfgang (1996). "Chitral History, 1540–1660: Comments on Sources and Historiography". Proceedings of the Second International Hindukush Cultural Conference. Oxford University Press. pp. 127–128.
- ↑ Ur Rahman, Hidayat (11 September 2011). "Mirza Muhammad Ghufran: A Chitrali Courtier, Historiographer and Poet 1857—1926". Chitral News. Archived from the original on 13 March 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- 1 2 Marsden, Magnus; Hopkins, Benjamin D. (2011). Fragments of the Afghan Frontier. London: Hurst. pp. 252, 259. ISBN 978-1-84904-072-3.
- 1 2 Cacopardo, Alberto M.; Cacopardo, Augusto S. (2001). Gates of Peristan: History, Religion and Society in the Hindu Kush. IsIAO. pp. 45, 95. ISBN 978-88-6323-149-6.
- ↑ Osella, Filippo; Soares, Benjamin (2010). Islam, Politics, Anthropology. John Wiley & Sons. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-4443-2441-9.
- ↑ Israr-ud-Din (2008). Proceedings of the Third International Hindu Kush Cultural Conference. Oxford University Press. p. 416. ISBN 978-0-19-579889-0.