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PANDIT RAY NARAYAN (ACTIVE 1856-75)
Siraj al-tavarikh سراج التواریخ (Lamp of History / A History of the Rulers of Awadh)
1875RCIN 1005028
This manuscript, written in the author’s hand, is a history of the rulers of Awadh up to the British annexation in 1856. The author states that he compiled it from the records in the Awadhi Royal Archives in Lucknow and those of the East India Company.
