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Delhi Persian 753

Record Id:
032-003452330
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Delhi Persian 753
Title:
Selections in Persian translation of the universal history, the Akhbār al-rusul va al-mulūk
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
58 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Arabic
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1650
End Date:
1749
Date Range:
1650-1749
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Balʻamī, Abū ʻAlī Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, fl. 946-973
Ṭabarī, 0838?-0923,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108684759,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/9854001
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India Office Library

Delhi Persian 753

Selections in Persian translation of the universal history, the Akhbār al-rusul va al-mulūk

Contents

1 copy of Akhbār al-rusul va al-mulūk

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Untitled collection of select episodes from a Persian translation, possibly the version translated in 352 by Abū ʿAlī Muḥammad Balʿamī(d. 363/973), based on the universal history, the Akhbār al-rusul va al-mulūk, by Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr al-Ṭabarī(d. 310/923).

Rubrication.

Additional clarifications of subject matter in margins.

Not dated at end.

Neat scribal nastaʿlīq.

Annotations.

Loose folded paper wrapper (ledger, probably from an Acquittance Roll, dated April 1828, Calcutta), upper and lower parts missing, watermarked (J Whatman, UEIC 1825, Balston & Co.); torn, stained, and incomplete.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 58 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 231 × 133 mm.

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1650-1749 1650 - 1749 CE ; India

Provenance 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

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