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IO Islamic 3944
- Record Id:
- 032-004341755
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004341755
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163233992.0x000047
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 3944
- Title:
- Chahar Gulshan
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Irvine Collection
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- Is part of:
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-004341755
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 145 ff.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1807
- End Date:
- 1807
- Date Range:
- 1807
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Chandarbhān
Durrānī, Aḥmad Shāh, Amir of Afghanistan, 1723?-1772,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000025588905,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/139145910119027021680
Elliot, H. M. (Henry Miers), Sir, 1808-1853
John (sic, read George) Jasper Nicholls - TEI:
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Irvine Collection
IO Islamic 3944
Chahar Gulshan
Contents
1 copy of Chahār gulshan by Chandarbhān
Title: Chahār gulshanTitle: چهار گلشنGeneral history of India by grandson of original author, Rāy Chaturman Saksenā Kāyasth
William Irvine's note on flyleaf: "[Henry Miers] Elliott [sic] says history too brief to be of value. But acc[oun]t of Saints, Fakirs (Hindu), Itineraries & Statistical Tables are of some value"
Language(s): PersianTranscribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 145 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 152 × 237 mm.Condition
Heavily worm eaten along margins
Hand(s)
Rough nastaʿlīq
Additions:Signature at end by William Irvine dated Jan. 16, 1893
Binding
History
Origin: 1807 22 Z̲ū al-Ḥijjah 1221, regnal year 1 of Muḥammad Akbar Pādshāh Ghāzī AH; 1807 CE ; IndiaRecord 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/6_f014r (digital images currently unavailable)Availability
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Bibliography
MSS Eur E207/6_f.14r (digital images currently unavailable)Funding of Cataloguing
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