Tarikh-i-Chitral

The Tarikh-i-Chitral is a book compiled and finalized in 1921 by Mirza Muhammad Ghufran on the order of Mehtar Shuja ul-Mulk (r. 1895-1936). It was written 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.[1][2][3][4]

Tarikh-i-Chitral
AuthorMirza Muhammad Ghufran
CountryBritish India, Bombay
LanguagePersian
SubjectHistory of Chitral
Published1921
Media type(Hardback)
Pages484
Preceded bySafarnameh-i-Hindustan. 
Followed byFerqai-i-Batiniya 

This book remained clandestinely in Chitral until the authors son Ghulam Murtaza recovered a copy and together with Wazir Ali Shah used it as a reference to compile the Nayi Tarikh-i-Chitral (1962). 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][7][8][9]

Availability

Tarikh-e-Chitral by Mirza Muhammad GufranIn Chitral the tribes respect in front of Chitral Mehtar was changing with passage of time based on some incidents. Therefore, in latest Urdu version most of the people considered Adamzada, which they were previously doing khesmat, musician or tenants.

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References
  1. Ur Rahman, Hidayat (11 September 2011). "Mirza Muhammad Ghufran: A Chitrali Courtier, Historiographer and Poet 1857—1926". Chitral News.
  2. Marsden, Magnus; Hopkins, Benjamin D. (2011). Fragments of the Afghan Frontier. Hurst. p. 259. ISBN 9781849040723.
  3. Sultan-i-Rome (2008). Swat State (1915-1969) from Genesis to Merger: An Analysis of Political, Administrative, Socio-political, and Economic Development. Oxford University Press. p. 350. ISBN 9780195471137.
  4. Lines, Maureen (2003). The last Eden. Alhamra. p. 327. ISBN 9789695161265.
  5. Osella, Filippo; Soares, Benjamin (2010-03-19). Islam, Politics, Anthropology. John Wiley & Sons. p. 71. ISBN 9781444324419.
  6. Azizuddin, Mohammad (1987). Tarikh-i-Chitral (in Urdu). Sang e Mil.
  7. Dani, Ahmad Hasan; Masson, Vadim Mikhaĭlovich; Unesco (2003-01-01). History of Civilizations of Central Asia: Development in contrast : from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. UNESCO. p. 859. ISBN 9789231038761.
  8. Kreutzmann, Hermann (2012-03-28). Pastoral practices in High Asia: Agency of 'development' effected by modernisation, resettlement and transformation. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 50. ISBN 9789400738454.
  9. Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan. Research Society of Pakistan. 1998. p. 66.
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