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040			_beng _cJGU
041			_aeng _hurd
100			_aBeg, Sangin, _91638535 _eauthor
245			_aSair-ul-manazil / _cSangin Beg ; translated into English by Nausheen Jaffery ; edited by Swapna Liddle.
260			_aNew Delhi : _bTulika Books, _c2017.
520			_a"Written in the 1820s, Sair-ul-Manazil, as far as we know, is the first attempt to systematically list the monuments of the city of Delhi. Apart from public buildings like mosques, temples, shrines, and tombs, it lists wells, gardens, houses, shops, and stray graves. This was in itself a formidable task, and one that might easily have resulted in a very dry and tedious document. The author, however, considerably enlivens it by a description of the various localities of the city, of the people who lived and worked there in his time, social activities and fairs, and historical anecdotes connected with places and people. The original was written in Persian by a person variously known as Sangin and Sangin Beg, and the volume is translated from an Urdu translation by the late Nausheen Jaffery, with an introduction by Swapna Liddle. It also includes maps and sketches which will both illustrate the narrative and bring a visual life to it."--
650			_aIndia--Delhi _bMonuments _91638857
650			_aIndia--Delhi _bBuildings _91638858
700	1		_aJaffery, Nausheen, _etranslator _91638859
700	1		_aLiddle, Swapna, _eeditor _91638860
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