Jadunath Sarkar

Zabita Khan, the Ruhela Chieftain

By Jadunath Sarkar

This article translates a unique Persian manuscript recounting the life of Zabita Khan, son of Najib‑ud‑Daulah, who became the leader of the Ruhela Afghans in northern India in the late 18th century.…

Events leading up to the Battle of Panipat, 1761

By Jadunath Sarkar

A long narrative recounts the manoeuvres that culminated in the Third Battle of Panipat in January 1761 between Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Maratha confederacy. Using Persian chronicles, the author…

Reviews

By Jadunath Sarkar

Panipat, 1761

By Jadunath Sarkar

This article is a translation of Kashiraja’s Persian account of the third battle of Panipat (1761), offering a more reliable narrative than the earlier English translation by Lt. Col. James Browne.…

The Rise of Najib-ud-daula

By Jadunath Sarkar

Drawing upon a Persian manuscript preserved in the British Museum, this article traces the early career and meteoric rise of Najib Khan (later Najib-ud-daula), an 18th-century Rohilla Afghan military…

Malik Ambar: A New Life

By Jadunath Sarkar

This historical essay reconstructs the life of Malik Ambar, an African-born slave who rose to become the de facto ruler of the Nizamshahi kingdom in the Deccan. Drawing on Persian chronicles, the…

Reviews

By Nalinaksha Dutt, U. N. Ghoshal, Chintaharan Chakravarti, V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar, Jadunath Sarkar

The review section of the journal covers a wide range of recent publications in Indology and related fields. Scholars evaluate works on South Indian inscriptions, histories of Karnataka,…

An Early Supporter of Shivaji

By Jadunath Sarkar

This brief article introduces an early document revealing political manoeuvring during the rise of Shivaji. The piece revolves around a Persian parwānah (royal order) issued by the Bijapur Sultanate,…

The Last Campaign of Shivaji

By Jadunath Sarkar

The article reconstructs the final campaign of Maratha ruler Shivaji Maharaj during the months of November 1679 to April 1680. Using Persian chronicles, Marathi bakhars and letters from English…