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IO Islamic 3732
- Record Id:
- 032-004341648
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004341648
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163233916.0x00003a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 3732
- Title:
- Translation of Ibn Khallikan’s Vafayat & a history of Sultan Jalal al-Din
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004341648
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004341648
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 636 ff.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1550
- End Date:
- 1599
- Date Range:
- 1550-1599
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Sulṭān Jalāl al-Dīn
Yūsuf ibn Aḥmad - Subjects:
- Biography
Islam and politics--India
Islam--History - TEI:
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India Office Library
IO Islamic 3732
Translation of Ibn Khallikan’s Vafayat & a history of Sultan Jalal al-Din
Contents
Summary of Contents: Collection of works on early biography of the Islamicate Middle East and the conquest of Hindustan; some lacunae; later replacement leaves at beginning and end; provenance possibly connected with the Avadh Royal Library (see library annotations); IOL stamp: 7 Sep. 1907; transferred seal impressions; seal of Muḥammad Ṣanʿat Allāh Khān 1182; inscribed by Mirzā ʿAlī Khān Bahādur1. ff. 1v-304vUntitled Persian translation of Ibn Khallikan’s influential biographical collection, the Vafayāt al-aʿyān va anbāʾ abnāʾ al-zamān, commissioned by the Ghaznavid ruler, Sultan Mahmud from Yūsuf ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUs̲mān ibn ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad al-Shujāʿ al-Sanjarī, and completed in 250 fascicules or juzv (f. 304v)
Two volumes bound together as one
Not dated
Language(s): Persian2. ff. 305r-636rUnidentified universal history, extending from the rise of Islamic to the reign of Sulṭān Jalāl al-Dīn
Account ends abruptly without conclusion or colophon
Language(s): PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 636 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 255 × 175 mm.Dimensions (written):Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1550-1599 16th century CE ; India or IranAvailability
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