The Mulfuzāt Timūry: Or, Autobiographical Memoirs of the Moghul Emperor Timūr, Written in the Jagtay Turky LanguageOriental translation committee, 1830 - 165 pages Translated from a Persian translation (Malfūẓāt) made by Abū Ṭālib al-Ḥusaynī (fl. 1637) of a lost Chagatai original. |
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