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ISBN10: 8187879564, ISBN13: 9788187879565, [publisher: Aakar Books] Hardcover Contents: Introduction/Irfan Habib. 1. Introduction. 2. Historical background to the embassy. 3. Summary of the Waqai. Appendices: 1. The envoys in Constantinople. 2. Notes on persons and place-names occurring in the Persian text. 3. Notes on non-Persian and technical words occurring in the Persian text. 4. A select bibliography. Index. "Waqai-i-Manazil-I-Rum, a diary of the embassy sent by Tipu Sultan to Constantinople in 1786, contains an account of the activities of the embassy from the time it left Seringapatam until its departure from Basra to Constantinople. It sheds light on Tipu Sultan's commercial ambitions in the Persian Gulf and on certain aspects of his administration. It also describes the position of the Indian merchants in the Persian Gulf, the part they played in its economic life, and the social economic and political conditions of the Persian Gulf territories at the end of the eighteenth century. This invaluable book is, thus, a useful supplement to the European accounts of the period. The Waqai is edited by Mohibbul Hasan with detailed notes on persons, place, names, technical terms, and words of non-Persian origin. The introduction describes, as a historical background, the condition of India and the Persian Gulf during the second half of the 18 century, and summarises the work with a translation of the accounts of Masqat, Abu Shahr, Basra, and some of the islan ...
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