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IO Islamic 3978
- Record Id:
- 032-004341784
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004341784
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163233992.0x000064
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 3978
- Title:
- Zikr al-siyar
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Irvine Collection
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-004341784
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- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 187 ff.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1891
- End Date:
- 1891
- Date Range:
- 1891
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
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- Names:
- Durrānī, Aḥmad Shāh, Amir of Afghanistan, 1723?-1772,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000025588905,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/139145910119027021680
Ghulām Ḥusayn Khān ibn Himmat Khān
John (sic, read George) Jasper Nicholls - TEI:
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Irvine Collection
IO Islamic 3978
Zikr al-siyar
Contents
1 copy of Z̲ikr al-siyar by Ghulām Ḥusayn Khān ibn Muḥammad Himmat Khān
Title: Z̲ikr al-siyarTitle: ذكر السّيرAbridged version of an earlier history of the same name covering the Timurid or Mughal Empire, from Nādir Shāh's sack of Delhi in 1151/1738-9 to the end of Emperor Shāh ʿĀlam's reign, in 1221 / 1806
The prose of this version simplifies the earlier rhetorical style
The title is an abjad-based tāʾrīkh (yielding 1221)
Not dated at end
Language(s): PersianTranscribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 187 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 205 × 330 mm.Hand(s)
Inelegant nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz of Bhitrī
Additions:Binding
History
Origin: 1891 1891 CE Ghazipur ; 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 (digital images currently unavailable)Availability
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Bibliography
[Persian_III] 6_218rFunding of Cataloguing
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