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IO Islamic 3941

Record Id:
032-004341752
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-004341752
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 3941
Title:
Mir'at al-ahval-i jahan-numa
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Irvine Collection
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
316 ff. (earlier Persian foliation on verso)
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1810
End Date:
1850
Date Range:
1810-1850
Era:
CE
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Names:
Aṣfahānī, Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Taqī, 1761?-1844,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/17071179
Aṣfahānī, Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Taqī, 1761?-1844,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/17071179
Bahbahānī, Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Akmal, 1706?-1792?,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/314817693
Bahbahānī, Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Akmal, 1706?-1792?,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/314817693
Bihbahānī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ʻAlī, d 1820?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000050137137,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/76193364
Bihbahānī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ʻAlī, d 1820?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000050137137,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/76193364
Dihdār Shīrāzī, Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd, 1540?-1608?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109551317,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/11844492
Dihdār Shīrāzī, Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd, 1540?-1608?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109551317,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/11844492
Durrānī, Aḥmad Shāh, Amir of Afghanistan, 1723?-1772,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000025588905,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/139145910119027021680
John (sic, read George) Jasper Nicholls
Muḥammad ʿAlī Khān Bahādur Qājār
Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ
TEI:

Irvine Collection

IO Islamic 3941

Mir'at al-ahval-i jahan-numa

Contents

1 copy of Mirʾāt al-aḥvāl-i jahān numā by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad Bāqir al-Iṣfahānī al-mashhūr bi-al-Bihbahānī

Author: Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad Bāqir al-Iṣfahānī al-mashhūr bi-al-Bihbahānī احمد ابن محمّد على ابن محمّد باقر الاصفهانى المشهور بالبهبهانى
Title: Mirʾāt al-aḥvāl-i jahān numā
Title: مرآۃ الاحوال جهان نما

Incorrect title (f. 3r): Taz̲kirah-yi Mīrzā Muḥammad Bāqir Lāhawrī

Autobiography, beginning with biographical notices of prominent Shi'ite scholars related to the author: 1) Muḥammad Taqī, 2) Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Taqī, 3) Muḥammad Ṣaliḥ, 4) Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Akmal al-Bihbihānī

Bears a dedication to Muḥammad ʿAlī Khān Bahādur Qājār

Concludes (ff. 261r-321v) with a description of the world according to Copernicus, discussing China, the Pope (Pāpā), and royal dynasties of England from the Saxon Kingdoms to the Hanoverian, King George III ("the English are very pleased with him"), describing London, and terminating abruptly with a discussion on English laws (subsequent folios lost)

Language(s): Persian

Transcribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 316 ff. (earlier Persian foliation on verso)
Dimensions (leaf): 145 × 205 mm.

Condition

Gauze overlay; water staining and smudges; worm holes

Folios trimmed and remounted before present binding

Hand(s)

Rough scribal nastaʿlīq

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 1810-1850 1810 - 1850 CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

1913-08-15

William Irvine

Record Sources

Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3. Available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts, manuscript number: MSS Eur E207/16 (digital images currently unavailable)

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