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IO Islamic 3818

Record Id:
032-004341700
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 3818
Title:
Miscellaneous works, a-c
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
126 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1780
End Date:
1793
Date Range:
1780-1793
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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IO Islamic 3818

Miscellaneous works, a-c

Contents

Summary of Contents: Collection of miscellaneous works containing a) diplomatic letters and petitions; b) 3 stories in prose; c) verses by various poets. IOL stamp 24 Jun 1912. Mica-flecked ink text throughout. Not dated
1. ff. 2r-20v

Poorly transcribed collection of Safavid and Timurid or Mughal diplomatic letters and petitions largely from the mid to late seventeenth century, mentioning Emperor ʿĀlamgīr, Shāh Sulaymān, Prince Dārā Shukūh, Prince Shāh Shujāʿ, Prince Murād Bakhsh, Sīvājī, Sanbhā son of Sīvājī commenting on Prince Muḥammad Akbar's rebellion

Miscellaneous annotations with dated entries (20 Rabīʿ al-Avval 1208/26 October 1793; 1212/1797-98)

Language(s): Persian
2. ff. 21r-116r

Collection of 3 ḥakāyāt or stories in prose: 1) the brick maker and his son; 2) Emperor ʿĀdil Shāh and his son, Malik ʿAlī; 3) Ashraf Khān the just

Language(s): Persian
ff. 117r-126r

Brief collection of poems (ghazal, mas̲navī, and qiṭʿah) ascribed to Khāqānī, Mihrī and Kaws̲arī

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 126 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 205 × 120 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1780-1793 18th century CE ; India

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