Siraj al-Tawarikh (àPashto: ï êçñÃÂîÃÂÃÂààñçú) also spelled as Siraj al-Tavarikh, SirÃÂj al-TawÃÂrëkh and SirÃÂj al-TavÃÂrëkh, is a book on 18th and 19th century Afghan history by Faiz Mohammad Katib Hazara. The author was an Afghan court chronicler and secretary in the court of Amir Habibullah Khan from 1901 to 1919.
The book was written on the idea of Amir's commission. The first was a history of Afghanistan entitledàToḥfat al-ḥabëbà(ḤabëbâÂÂs gift) in honor of the amir, but Ḥabëb-AllÃÂh Khan deemed the finished work unacceptable and ordered Fayà ¼ Moḥammad to start over. The revised version is the three-volume history of Afghanistan entitledàSerÃÂj al-tawÃÂrëà(Lamp of Histories), an allusion to the amirâÂÂs honorific âÂÂLamp of the Nation and Religionâ (SerÃÂj al-mella wal-dën). There were also problems in publishing it, the third volume never being completely printed.