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IO Islamic 4088

Record Id:
032-004341898
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4088
Title:
Majma' al-bahrain
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Irvine Collection
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
25 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Hindi
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Devanagari
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1750
Date Range:
1700-1750
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Names:
Brāhman, Candar Bhān, 1614-1663,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000057277650,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/81402153
Dārā Shikūh, Prince, son of Shahjahan, Emperor of India, 1615-1659,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000071395450,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/27879596
Dārā Shikūh, Prince, son of Shahjahan, Emperor of India, 1615-1659,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000071395450,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/27879596
Durrānī, Aḥmad Shāh, Amir of Afghanistan, 1723?-1772,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000025588905,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/139145910119027021680
Shahjahan, Emperor of India, 1592?-1666,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000066751721,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/13108102
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Irvine Collection

IO Islamic 4088

Majma' al-bahrain

Contents

1 copy of Majmaʿ al-baḥrayn by Sulṭān Muḥammad Dārā Shukūh

Author: Sulṭān Muḥammad Dārā Shukūh سلطان محمّد دارا شكوه
Title: Majmaʿ al-baḥrayn
Title: مجمع البحرين

Qādirī ṣūfī interpretation of Vedic philosophy or the vedanta by the Timurid or Mughal prince, Sulṭān Muḥammad Dārā Shukūh (killed 1069/1658), son of Emperor Shāh Jahān I (d. 1666), completed with the support of his Brahmin secretary, Rāy Chandarbhān, in 1065/1654

Not dated

Unfoliated or paginated

Vertically oriented safīnah format

Clear nastaʿlīq tending to taʿlīq, written obliquely

Hindi inscription on recto of first folio: na 236

Language(s): Persian

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Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 25 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 180 × 109 mm.

Hand(s)

Clear nastaʿlīq tending to taʿlīq, written obliquely

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 1700-1750 18th century 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/3 (digital images currently unavailable)

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