Humayun Nama
Translated by Annette Susannah Beveridge
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The opening
In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate! :
There had been an order issued, ‘Write down whatever you know of the doings of Firdaus-makani and Jannatashyani.’
At the time when his Majesty Firdaus-makdni passed from this perishable world to the everlasting home, I, this lowly one, was eight years old, so it may well be that I do not remember much. However, in obedience to the royal command, I set down whatever there is that I have heard and remember.
First of all, by way of invoking a blessing (on my work), and in pious commemoration, a chapter (juzw) is written about my royal father’s deeds, although these are told in his memoirs.’
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About this edition
- The words
- Annette Susannah Beveridge's English translation, copied word for word.
- Left out
- Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 5 places
- Other material that isn't the author's
- Pictures and their captions, in 4 places
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1
- A preface, foreword or afterword
- The printed table of contents (the app makes its own)
- List of plates (5 blocks)
- Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 5 places
- A speck on the scan read as characters (2 blocks)
- The source website's menus, layout and notices
- The printer's closing line “END OF THE MS.” (the manuscript breaks off here)