Acknowledgments
A positive response from the Indian Council of
Historical Research encouraged me to take up the translating of 'Baharistan-i-Shahi'
from Persian into English. Many friends helped me in bringing this work to its
successful completion. I am thankful to them. In particular, I am indebted to
Prof. T. N. Dhar of the Department of English, University of Kashmir, for the
pains he took in examining, revising and improving the English version. But for
his untiring labour and patience and the long and late sittings he had with me,
the work could not have seen the light of the day. Professor S. L. Pandit,
former Head, Department of English, Kashmir University, graciously agreed to
read the final draft and offer valuable suggestions.
I am thankful to Prof. N. N. Raina, formerly Head of
the Department of Physics, Kashmir University, for his sustained encouragement
and guidance during the course of my work and for agreeing to write a preface to
it.
My sincere thanks are also due to Messers Firma KLM
Private Ltd. of Calcutta whose staff worked hard to bring out the book within
the shortest possible time. I am also thankful to the Government of India,
Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, for the
financial support they gave me for the printing and publishing of the
work.
- Dr. Kashi Nath Pandit
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