Muhit Al-Tavarikh: (The Sea of Chronicles)

This study provides a critical edition of chapters nine and ten of Muḥiṭ al-tavarikh (The Sea of Chronicles) by Muḥammad Amin b. Mirza Muḥammad Zaman Bukhari (Ṣufiyani). Muḥiṭ al-tavarikh is a valuable source for the study of late seventeenth-century Central Asian history, historiography, and language. The present work represents the first critical edition of a primary source of Subḥan Quli Khan's reign. The ninth chapter (bab) offers accounts of the Timurid kings, Abulkhayrid/Shaybanid and the first four Ashtarkhanid/Janid khans. The tenth chapter presents a detailed account of the life and times of "the last great" Ashtarkhanid/Janid khan, Subḥan Quli Bahadur (1682-1702), revealing historical information essential for scholars of the period and region.