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IO Islamic 4049
- Record Id:
- 032-004341864
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004341864
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163235680.0x00001b
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 4049
- Title:
- 'Abd al-Qadir Khan, autobiography
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Irvine Collection
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- [{ "id" : "032-004341864", "parent" : "#", "text" : "IO Islamic 4049: 'Abd al-Qadir Khan, autobiography" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-004341864
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004341864
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 113 ff.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1895
- End Date:
- 1896
- Date Range:
- 1895-1896
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
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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
ʿUmdat al-ʿUlamāʾ Dabīr al-Dawlah Ṣādiq al-Mulk Mawlānā ʿAbd al-Qādir Khān Bahādur S̲ābit Jang - TEI:
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IO Islamic 4049
'Abd al-Qadir Khan, autobiography
Contents
1 copy of a work by ʿUmdat al-ʿUlamāʾ Dabīr al-Dawlah Ṣādiq al-Mulk Mawlānā ʿAbd al-Qādir Khān Bahādur S̲ābit Jang
Author: ʿUmdat al-ʿUlamāʾ Dabīr al-Dawlah Ṣādiq al-Mulk Mawlānā ʿAbd al-Qādir Khān Bahādur S̲ābit Jang عمدة العلماٴ دبير الدّوله صادق الملك مولانا عبد القادر خان بهادر ثابت جنگNo title state in work
Author simply identified in text as ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥammad Akram. However, the author's fuller title is stated only on the title page
Autobiography of a late Timurid or Mughal bureaucrat and religious scholar of Ajmer and Jabalpur (b. 24 Z̤ū al-Ḥijjah 1196 / 30 November 1782, at Moradabad)
The work appears to have been composed late in the author's life, with the year 1831 being mentioned as "the current year." However, the narrative extends only until 1825
Some details, such as the names of European officers are not remembered; Captain James Tod is an exception
Numerous digressions on the ʿulamāʾ of Lucknow, Moradabad and its environs, governors of Ajmer, the dargāh of the saint Muʿīn al-Dīn Chishtī, Gond Maharajahs of Jabalpur, and so on
Large lacuna in narrative (f. 35r), jumping from 1225 / 1805 to July 1818. Similar lacuna on f. 96v
Not dated
Language(s): PersianFiliation: Copied from a manuscript belonging to the library of Mīrzā ʿAlī Riz̤ā Bayg, MoradabadPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 113 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 153 × 225 mm.Hand(s)
Rough nastaʿlīq
in watery ink. Scribe: Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz
Additions:Binding
History
Origin: 1895-1896-11 1895 - November 1896 CE ; IndiaRecord Sources
Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.Availability
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