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Delhi Persian 671
- Record Id:
- 032-004378062
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004378062
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100169703630.0x000002
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 671
- Title:
- 1 copy of Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirīn by Sayyid Ghulām Ḥusayn Khān Ṭabāṭabāʾī
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
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- 032-004378062
- Is part of:
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-004378062
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 300 ff. +
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1845
- End Date:
- 1845
- Date Range:
- 1845
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
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- Names:
- Shāh ʻĀlam, Emperor of Hindustan, 1728-1806,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000082588629,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/70169499
Sterling, Andrew - TEI:
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India Office Library
Delhi Persian 671
Contents
1 copy of Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirīn by Sayyid Ghulām Ḥusayn Khān Ṭabāṭabāʾī
Language(s): Persian and ArabicTitle: Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirīnTitle: سير المتاخّرينVoluminous history of Timurid or Mughal India, the Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirīn, by Sayyid Ghulām Ḥusayn Khān Ṭabāṭabāʾī (b. 1727), who completed his work in dār al-amārat Kalkattah (Calcutta/Kolkata), Tuesday, 10 Ṣafar 1243/4 September 1827, and presented through the aegis of the secretary for the Company’s dār al-inshāʾ, Andrew Sterling, to the Governor-General, the first Earl [William Pitt] Amherst of Arakan (in office 1823-8).
Dated colophon: completed by 17 Shaʿbān 1261/21 August 1845.
Rough nastaʿlīq declining into shikastah āmīz; neat nastaʿlīq in a secondary hand.
Not foliated.
Lacking original covers.
Severely damaged and delaminating leather binding exposing inner matter.
Folios mostly unbound; wormholes, cropped, light water stains, creases and fold, stained edges.
Condition quite fragile.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 300 ff. +Dimensions (leaf): 366 × 256 mm.Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1845-08-21 17_Sha'ban_1261 AH; 21 August 1845 CE ; IndiaProvenance and Acquisition
Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876
1876
Government of India
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