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IO Islamic 4007

Record Id:
032-004341822
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
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MDARK:
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Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4007
Title:
Account of Nadir Shah
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Irvine Collection
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
8 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1800
End Date:
1895
Date Range:
1800-1895
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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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
John (sic, read George) Jasper Nicholls
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Irvine Collection

IO Islamic 4007

Account of Nadir Shah

Contents

No title stated in text

Alternative title of doubtful origin: Ḥavādis̲-i Panjāb

Anonymous account of Nādir Shāh's invasion of the Timurid or Mughal Empire, including a brief section on rebellions against the ruler, his assassination, and the rise of Aḥmad Shāh Abdāli

It is possible the present text consists of extacts belong to another lengthier, independent work

Not dated

Language(s): Persian

Transcribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from AgraCopied from an original manuscript belonging to the library of

Filiation: Copied from a manuscript obtain at Bareilly

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 8 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 160 × 212 mm.

Hand(s)

Clumsy nastaʿlīq

in watery ink

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 1800-1895-12 19th century CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz of Bhitrī

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_192r

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