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The title translates to "The Foundation of Chronicles." Written in shikasta (the running Persian script used in court at the time), the text is not merely a biography of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, but an extensive, indigenous account of the Punjab spanning from the birth of Guru Nanak in 1469 to the annexation of the Punjab by the British in 1849. umdat-ut-tawarikh pdf
British historians often sanitized the brutal reality of 18th-century warfare. Suri does not. He describes the Afghan atrocities, the internal conflicts of the Misls, and the strategic assassinations with a journalist’s detachment. For a researcher looking for the socio-economic conditions of Punjab under Afghan rule, the is a goldmine. You're looking for a review of "Umdat-ut-Tawarikh" in