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IO Islamic 3986
- Record Id:
- 032-004341792
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004341792
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163233992.0x00006c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 3986
- Title:
- Haft Anjuman
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Irvine Collection
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- [{ "id" : "032-004341792", "parent" : "#", "text" : "IO Islamic 3986: Haft Anjuman" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- Is part of:
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-004341792
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 490 pp (not foliated)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1911
- End Date:
- 1911
- Date Range:
- 1911
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Names:
- Aurangzeb, Emperor of Hindustan, 1618-1707,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109510021,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/6178410
Aurangzeb, Emperor of Hindustan, 1618-1707,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109510021,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/6178410
Durrānī, Aḥmad Shāh, Amir of Afghanistan, 1723?-1772,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000025588905,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/139145910119027021680
Mawlavī Maqbūl ʿĀlam, the vakīl-i jajī or barrister
Muḥammad Ḥayāt
Mīrzā Rājah Jay Singh, fl 17th century,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/75445883
Mīrzā Rājah Jay Singh, fl 17th century,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/75445883
Rustam Khān
Rustam Khān Dakkinī
Sayyid Valī Allāh
Shahjahan, Emperor of India, 1592?-1666,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000066751721,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/13108102
Shahjahan, Emperor of India, 1592?-1666,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000066751721,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/13108102
Ḥimāyatyār - TEI:
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Irvine Collection
IO Islamic 3986
Haft Anjuman
Contents
1 copy of Haft anjuman by Ḥimāyatyār
Title: Haft anjumanTitle: هفت انجمنCompilation of official letters and petitions on matters of state, and the private correspondence of the Timurid or Mughal military general Rustam Khān Dakkinī and the Marvari Rajput ruler, Mīrzā Rājah Jay Singh, written by Adhirāj, named Muḥammad Ḥayāt after converting to Islam, also known as Ṭāliʿyār (d. 3 Rabīʿ al-s̲ānī 1086)
Whichever of the author's papers could be found were later compiled by Ḥimāyatyār in 1110/1699
The work begins with a preface sketching Muḥammad Ḥayāt's life and sets out the compilation's division into 7 sections termed anjuman: 1) Rustam Khān's petitions to the Timurid or Mughal ruler, Emperor Shāh Jahān I; 2) Mīrzā Rājah Jay Singh's petitions to Emperor ʿĀlamgīr I while on route to Thatha; 3) Mīrzā Rājah Jay Singh's petitions to Emperor ʿĀlamgīr I from the Deccan; 4) Rustam Khān and Mīrzā Rājah Jay Singh's petitions to the princes (zādahā[sic]); 5) Rustam Khān and Mīrzā Rājah Jay Singh's letters to courtiers and governors; 6) accounts and notes relating to Rustam Khān and Mīrzā Rājah Jay Singh; 7) the compiler's observations on the world and the hereafter written to others.
Script: rough nastaʿlīq, ink occasionally watery
Scribe: Sayyid Valī Allāh
Colophon (p. 490): completed 15 February 1911 or 1318 faṣlī
Copied from a manuscript owned by Mawlavī Maqbūl ʿĀlam, the vakīl-i jajī or barrister, resident of qaṣbah Baḥrī Ābād in Ghāzīpūr
Dimensions: 2 sections of different sizes: 1) pp.1-358 (281 mm x 185mm), 2) pp. 359-490 (257 mm x 160 mm)
Notes by William Irvine at beginning
Language(s): PersianCopied from an original =-=-=-=-
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 490 pp (not foliated)Dimensions (leaf): 281 × 185 mm.Hand(s)
Script: rough nastaʿlīq, ink occasionally watery. Scribe: Sayyid Valī Allāh
Binding
History
Origin: 1911-05-23 23 May 1911 CE Benares ; IndiaAvailability
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