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IO Islamic 4539

Record Id:
032-004342017
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-004342017
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4539
Title:
Excerpts historical and literary
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Raverty Collection
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032-004342017
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
500 ff. approx.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Latin
Start Date:
1820
End Date:
1850
Date Range:
1820-1850
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Raverty Collection

IO Islamic 4539

Excerpts historical and literary

Contents

Collection of miscellaneous literary and historical excerpts, including ʿAmal-i Ṣāliḥ, Iqbālnāmah-'i Jahāngīrī, Akbarnāmah, Jahāngīrnāmah, Tārīkh-i Humāyūnī, ʿĀlamgīrnāmah, Riyāz̤ al-maḥabbat, Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkh, Tārīkh-i Ṭabarī, Maʾās̲ir-i ʿĀlamgīrī, Tārīkh-i Mīrzā Muḥammad Bakhsh, Muntakhab al-tavārīkh, Muntakhab al-Labāb, Tārīkh-i ansāb, Vāqiʿāt-i Mushtāqī, Ṭabaqāt-i Akbarī, Chachnāmah, and so on

Palaeography of Persian follows local Pashtu conventions and some toponyms follow South Asian conventions

IOL stamp dated 9 Nov. 1908

Annotations in Persian and English, possibly by Raverty himself

Covers dismembered, boards detached

Estimated 500 folios approximately in total, plus loose leaves

Language(s): Persian & English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 500 ff. approx.
Dimensions (leaf): 300 × 230 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1820-1850 19th century CE ; Afghanistan

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