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IO Islamic 3961

Record Id:
032-004341769
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 3961
Title:
Sultan al-tavarikh
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Irvine Collection
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
205 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1878
End Date:
1878
Date Range:
1878
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Amjad Ali Shah, King of Awadh, 1801-1847,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/9680150325559110090006
Amjad Ali Shah, King of Awadh, 1801-1847,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/9680150325559110090006
Aḥmad ʿAlī Khān Farrukhābādī
Durrānī, Aḥmad Shāh, Amir of Afghanistan, 1723?-1772,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000025588905,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/139145910119027021680
Fakhr al-Dawlah Rāja Ratan Singh
John (sic, read George) Jasper Nicholls
Ādam,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/308180317
Ādam,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/308180317
TEI:

Irvine Collection

IO Islamic 3961

Sultan al-tavarikh

Contents

1 copy of Sulṭān al-tavārīkh by Fakhr al-Dawlah Dabīr al-Mulk Rājah Ratan Singh ibn Rāy Bālak Rām Lakhnavī Barīlavī

Author: Fakhr al-Dawlah Dabīr al-Mulk Rājah Ratan Singh ibn Rāy Bālak Rām Lakhnavī Barīlavī فخر الدّوله دبير الملك راجه رتن سنگه ابن راى بالك رام لكهنوى بريلوى
Title: Sulṭān al-tavārīkh
Title: سلطان التّواريخ

Official chronicle ordered by Muḥammad Amjad ʿAlī Shāh, King of Avadh, covering his patrilineal ancestors from Ādam to Muḥammad ʿAlī Shāh

Begins with muqaddimah (introduction) containing genealogical tables, followed by 12 bāb (chapters) covering eras and reigns of the later nawabs and kings

Language(s): Persian

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

Filiation: Transcribed for Irvine at Farrukhabad

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 205 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 230 × 357 mm.

Condition

Some leaves at beginning and end torn and damaged by water; conserved and remounted

Hand(s)

Careful nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Aḥmad ʿAlī Khān Farrukhābādī

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 1878-11-27 27 November 1878 CE Farrukhabad ; 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 E207/7 (digital images currently unavailable)

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