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IO Islamic 4040

Record Id:
032-004341855
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
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MDARK:
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4040
Title:
Bha'onamah
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Irvine Collection
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
23 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1770
End Date:
1800
Date Range:
1770-1800
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
Rāʾū Kāshī, fl 1761-1780,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000033993820,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/60850852
Rāʾū Kāshī, fl 1761-1780,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000033993820,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/60850852
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Irvine Collection

IO Islamic 4040

Bha'onamah

Contents

1 copy of Bhāʾū'nāmah by Rāʾū Kāshī Rāj

Author: Rāʾū Kāshī Rāj راؤ كاشى راج
Title: Bhāʾū'nāmah
Title: بهاؤ نامه

Title not stated in text

Alternative title on title page: Aḥvāl-i kārnāmah-yi Sadāshiv Rāʾū Bhāʾū

Account of the Maratha leader, Sadashiv Rao Bhao, and the third battle of Panipat (1174 / 1761), in which Maratha forces were defeated by the invading Afghan ruler, Aḥmad Shāh Abdālī

Not dated

Language(s): Persian

Transcribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 23 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 155 × 230 mm.

Condition

Considerably worm-eaten and repaired with silk gauze

Hand(s)

Rough Indian taʿlīq

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 1770-1800 18th century CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

George Jasper Nicholls, Judge at Benares

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/8 (digital images currently unavailable) [Persian_III] 8_95r

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