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IO Islamic 3964

Record Id:
032-004341772
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
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MDARK:
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 3964
Title:
Ahmadnamah
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Irvine Collection
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
179 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1770
End Date:
1800
Date Range:
1770-1800
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Durrānī, Aḥmad Shāh, Amir of Afghanistan, 1723?-1772,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000025588905,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/139145910119027021680
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
Lala Sarda Sahai
ʿAbd al-Laṭīf Laṭīf
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Irvine Collection

IO Islamic 3964

Ahmadnamah

Contents

1 copy of Aḥmad'nāmah by ʿAbd al-Laṭīf "Laṭīf"

Author: ʿAbd al-Laṭīf "Laṭīf" عبد اللّطيف لطيف
Title: Aḥmad'nāmah
Title: احمد نامه

Metrical account in mas̲navī form of Aḥmad Shāh Durrānī's invasion of India, in 1184 / 1770

Not dated

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: 179 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 165 × 265 mm.

Hand(s)

Large and inelegant nastaʿlīq

Decoration

Illuminated sar lawḥ (f. 1v) in plain gold wash, without outline or addition coloured ornament

Additions:

Binding

Seal(s):

Claud[e] Martin (f. 1v)

Owner's name 'Claud Martin' stamped above illuminated sar lawḥ (f. 1v)

History

Origin: 1770-1800 1770 - 1800 CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

Claud Martin

Lala Sarda Sahai

George Jasper Nicholls

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/6 (digital images currently unavailable) [Persian_III] 6_224r

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