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Delhi Persian 1547
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- Delhi Persian 1547
- Title:
- 1 copy of Maʻlūmāt al-āfāq by Amīn al-Dīn Khān Haravī
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- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- ff. v+191+iii
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1811
- End Date:
- 1811
- Date Range:
- 1811-1811
- Era:
- CE
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- Names:
- Sayyid Amīn al-Dīn Khān al-Ḥusaynī
- Subjects:
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Delhi Persian 1547
Contents
1 copy of Maʻlūmāt al-āfāq by Amīn al-Dīn Khān Haravī
Language(s): PersianMaʻlūmāt al-āfāq (Knowledge of the Horizons), an illustrated geography by Amīn al-Dīn Khān ibn Sayyid Abū al-Makārim Amīr Khān Ḥusaynī Haravī on the seven climes, their marvels and natural products and including a gazetteer of the principal towns. Mention of the Emperor Aurangzeb as deceased gives a date of composition of after 1707 (See Storey, Persian Literature II, p. 142 and Simon Digby, “Beyond the Ocean: Perceptions of Overseas in Indo-Persian Sources of the Mughal Period”, Studies in History 15.2 ns (1999), pp. 256-8).
Preceded by a list of contents (ff. 1v-4r). Profusely illustrated.
ff. 189; 15 lines per page; nastaʻliq; rubrications; ruled margins; ill.; dated 28 Sha’ban 1226 (17 Sep. 1811)
Title: Maʻlūmāt al-āfāqTitle: معلومات الآفاقPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: ff. v+191+iiiDimensions (leaf): 221 × 130 mm.Hand(s)
Decoration
Additions:Binding
Original board preserved in IOL binding of 1921.
History
Origin: 28 Sha’ban 1226 (17 Sep. 1811) AH ; IndiaProvenance and Acquisition
Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876.
1876
Government of India
Record Sources
Based on description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3. Available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts, manuscript number: MSS Eur E207/22_f140r (digital images currently unavailable), f. 140r.Availability
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Bibliography
MSS Eur E207/22_f140r (digital images currently unavailable)Funding of Cataloguing
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