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IO Islamic 4077

Record Id:
032-004341887
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-004341887
MDARK:
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4077
Title:
Persian history of Europe
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Irvine Collection
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
20 ff. (ff. 304r-324r)
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1800
End Date:
1850
Date Range:
1800-1850
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan, 1569-1627,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121007277,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/38320916
Scott, Jonathan, 1754-1829,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000115668984,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/35362797
Scott, Jonathan, 1754-1829,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000115668984,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/35362797
TEI:

Irvine Collection

IO Islamic 4077

Persian history of Europe

Contents

1 copy of Dunyā-yi naw by Captain Jonathan Scott

Brief, yet valuable history of Europe based largely on English sources; defective at end

Having viewed the work Ḥadīqat al-aqālīm, Captain Jonathan Scott (spelled variously in text)—described as foremost in his knowledge of European history—was requested by the present writer to compile his recollections, from which appropriate excerpts (iqtibāsī-'i shāyistah) were selected and translated into Persian

Translator not identified

The dates 1196/1782 are described as current (aknūn) at the time of writing

Concludes with a short account of the earliest English settlements at Surat under the Timurid or Mughal Emperor Jahangir

Account ends abruptly without date or colophon

Watermark on blue interleaf paper: rampant leopard holding an escutcheon with the initial L, below is the legend FLORIAN

Language(s): Persian
Title: Dunyā-yi naw
Title: دنياى نو
Author: Captain Jonathan Scott

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 20 ff. (ff. 304r-324r)
Dimensions (leaf): 300 × 225 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1800-1850 19th century CE ; India

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