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IO Islamic 4042
- Record Id:
- 032-004341857
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004341857
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163235680.0x000014
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 4042
- Title:
- Ramz va isharaha-yi 'Alamgiri
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Irvine Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004341857", "parent" : "#", "text" : "IO Islamic 4042: Ramz va isharaha-yi 'Alamgiri" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-004341857
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004341857
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 7 ff.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1800-1899
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Budh Mal Rām
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 - TEI:
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Irvine Collection
IO Islamic 4042
Ramz va isharaha-yi 'Alamgiri
Contents
1 copy of Ramz va ishārahā-yi ʿĀlamgīrī by Sīddhah Mal "Rām"
Title: Ramz va ishārahā-yi ʿĀlamgīrīTitle: رمز و اشارهاى عالم گيرىAlternative readings of the author's name suggested by different commentators: Subudh Mal "Rām" (Ivanow), Budh Mal "Rām" (Elliot & Dowson, and Browne)
Excerpts from a larger collection of orders and private letters or shuqqah of the Timurid or Mughal ruler, Emperor ʿĀlamgīr (d. 1707), made in 1152 / 1739-40
Preface (present example is the fuller version), nature and phraseology of letters different from other manuscripts: see IO Islamic 4003, IO Islamic 4004, and Add. 26240
Collection concludes with a section on anecdotes and pronouncements relating to or by ʿĀlamgīr
Written at the request of scribe's brother, Zamān ibn ʿAlī
Not dated
Language(s): PersianTranscribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 7 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 155 × 252 mm.Condition
Upper margins damaged by, propbably, white ants; water staining
Hand(s)
Irregular and scrawly Indian taʿlīq
Additions:Binding
History
Origin: 1800-1899-11 19th century CE ; IndiaRecord 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 E207/9 (digital images currently unavailable) [Persian_III] 9_33rAvailability
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Bibliography
[Persian_III] 9_33rFunding of Cataloguing
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