Sirāj al-Tawārīkh
سراج التواریخ
The cover of Sirāj al-Tawārīkh first edition
AuthorFaiz Mohammad Katib Hazara
Original titleKitāb-i Musṭatāb-i Sirāj al-Tawārīkh[1]
CountryAfghanistan
LanguageDari Persian
Subject18th and 19th Century Afghan History
PublisherMatba'e Hurufi'e Dar al-Saltanah, Kabul, Afghanistan[2]
Publication date
1912
Media typeBook
Followed bySirāj al-Tawārīkh Second Edition 

Siraj al-Tawarikh (Dari: سراج التواریخ) also spelled as Siraj al-Tavarikh, Sirāj al-Tawārīkh and Sirāj al-Tavārīkh, is a book on 18th and 19th century Afghan history by Faiz Mohammad Katib Hazara.[1] The author was an Afghan court chronicler and secretary in the court of Amir Habibullah Khan from 1901 to 1919. [3]

The book was written on the idea of Amir's commission. The first was a history of Afghanistan entitled Toḥfat al-ḥabīb (Ḥabīb’s gift) in honor of the amir, but Ḥabīb-Allāh Khan deemed the finished work unacceptable and ordered Fayż Moḥammad to start over. The revised version is the three-volume history of Afghanistan entitled Serāj al-tawārī (Lamp of Histories), an allusion to the amir’s honorific “Lamp of the Nation and Religion” (Serāj al-mella wal-dīn). There were also problems in publishing it, the third volume never being completely printed.[3]


References

  1. 1 2 A project of NYU Libraries. "Kitāb-i musṭatāb-i sirāj al-tavārīkh Sirāj al-tavārīkh". Afghan Digital Library. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
  2. ↑ Google (1912). Sirāj al-tavārīkh. Retrieved October 14, 2011. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  3. 1 2 R. D. McChesney and A. H. Tarzi. "FAYŻ MOḤAMMAD KĀTEB". Iranica. Retrieved August 7, 2011.


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