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IO Islamic 4018
- Record Id:
- 032-004341833
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004341833
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163233992.0x00008d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 4018
- Title:
- Letters, Rashiduddin Khan Dihlavi
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Irvine Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004341833", "parent" : "#", "text" : "IO Islamic 4018: Letters, Rashiduddin Khan Dihlavi" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-004341833
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004341833
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 19 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1892
- End Date:
- 1892
- Date Range:
- 1892
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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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
Muḥammad Rashīd al-Dīn Khān Dihlavī - TEI:
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Irvine Collection
IO Islamic 4018
Letters, Rashiduddin Khan Dihlavi
Contents
1 copy of Ruqaʿāt by Muḥammad Rashīd al-Dīn Khān Dihlavī
Title: RuqaʿātTitle: رقعاتCollection of official and private letters by Muḥammad Rashīd al-Dīn, composed in 1213, for the benefit of ‘ikhvān al-ṣafāʾ va umarāy va bā vafā va sulṭān-i zamān’
Comprising a preface and 22 letters, mostly generic, but several with details of historical and social interest. According to William Irvine, the letters are ‘Of no historical value[,] only examples of insha pardazi’.
Copied at the behest of George Jasper Nicholls from an original lent by ‘Shahzada Mirza Riaz-u-din urf Mirza Shabie (or Shabir) of Benares’
Language(s): PersianCopied from an original =-=-=-=-
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 19 ffDimensions (leaf): 253 × 165 mm.Hand(s)
Rough, bold nastaʿlīq
History
Origin: 1892-02-14 14 February 1892 CE ; IndiaAvailability
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