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IO Islamic 4035

Record Id:
032-004341850
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
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MDARK:
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4035
Title:
Fragment, Vaqa'i'-i diyar-i maghrib
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Irvine Collection
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
42 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1890
End Date:
1890
Date Range:
1890
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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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
Durrānī, Aḥmad Shāh, Amir of Afghanistan, 1723?-1772,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000025588905,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/139145910119027021680
Imām al-Dīn Ḥusaynī
Mr Roberts
Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz
Shāh ʻĀlam, Emperor of Hindustan, 1728-1806,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000082588629,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/70169499
TEI:

Irvine Collection

IO Islamic 4035

Fragment, Vaqa'i'-i diyar-i maghrib

Contents

Title ascribed to this work (Vaqāʾiʿ-i diyār-i maghrib) appears to be of doubtful authenticity

Untitled excerpt from an anonymous history of Afghanistan, which (according to William Irvine) may be part of an early draft of the (Tārīkh-i) Ḥusayn Shāhī by Imām al-Dīn Ḥusaynī Chishtī, covering the reigns of Aḥmad Shāh Durrānī and Tīmūr Shāh

Written around 1212 / 1797-8

Language(s): Persian

Copied from an original =-=-=-=-

Filiation: Copied at the behest of Mr Roberts from a worm-eaten and perishing manuscript, apparently from Benares
Author: Imām al-Dīn Ḥusaynī Chishtī

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 42 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 205 × 162 mm.

Hand(s)

Rough nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz

Additions:

Additional notes at the end

Binding

History

Origin: 1890-04-18 18 April 1890 CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/8 (digital images currently unavailable)

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