It deals with the history of Hindustan (northern Indian subcontinent), and it also contains details about the contemporary Mughal Empire.
The author's name is not given anywhere in the actual book, but the transcribers' notes in several manuscripts mention him as Sujan Rai.
Most of the manuscripts contain a brief account of Aurangzeb's death at the end, written abruptly in a small number of lines.
[4] The book gives a detailed and original account of Punjab, especially the Lahore subah and the Batala sarkar.
It covers kings from the time of the legendary Pandava ruler Yudhishthira to Rai Pithora (Prithviraj Chauhan).
[3] In 1918, Archaeological Survey of India's M. Zafar Hasan made available the first editio princeps of the book.