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Or 4231
Title:
1 copy of Shāhnāmah-i Aḥmad Shāh Abdālī by Ḥāfiẓ, Pushto poet
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
124 ff
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Pashto
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1800
Date Range:
1700-1800
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Ḥāfiẓ, Pushto poet
Subjects:
Afghanistan--History--19th century
Aḥmad Shāh Durrānī, Amir of Afghanistan, approximately 1723-1772
Pushto poetry
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Oriental Manuscripts

Or 4231

Contents

1 copy of Shāhnāmah-i Aḥmad Shāh Abdālī by Ḥāfiẓ, Pushto poet

Author: Ḥāfiẓ, Pushto poet حافظ
Title: Shāhnāmah-i Aḥmad Shāh Abdālī
Title: شاهنامه احمد شاه ابدالي

A history of Aḥmad Shāh Durrānī in masnavi form

Incipit: اول ثنا ده د سبحان چه پادشاه دي د جهان
Colophon: دستخط بنده علي محمد چهار یاري
Language(s): Pushto

References

Mackenzie no.51

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 124 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 23 × 14 cm.

Decoration

History

Origin: 18th century CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on James Fuller Blumhardt and D.N MacKenzie : Catalogue of Pashto manuscripts in the British Isles, 1965.

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