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Delhi Persian 690A

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032-004378066
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Delhi Persian 690A
Title:
1 copy of Tāʾrīkh-i ʿālam'ārā-yi ʿAbbāsī by Iskandar munshīʾ
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
453 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Arabic
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1800
End Date:
1820
Date Range:
1800-1820
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Names:
Iskandar Munshī, 1560?-1634?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000445952750,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/314806905
Iskandar Munshī, 1560?-1634?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000445952750,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/314806905
Shāh ‘Abbās I
Shāh ‘Abbās I
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India Office Library

Delhi Persian 690A

Contents

1 copy of Tāʾrīkh-i ʿālam'ārā-yi ʿAbbāsī by Iskandar munshīʾ

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Official regnal chronicle written in refine prose and poetry covering the reign of the Safavid ruler, Shāh ʿAbbās I (d. 1038/1629), by his chief secretary, Iskandar Bayg the munshīʾ, completed in 1038/1628-9.

This copy begins with the muqaddimah, followed by the first ṣaḥīfah (comprising twelve maqālah), and ends with the second maqṣad.

Partially dated colophon (f. 453v): completed Thursday morning, 17 Jumādá al-S̲ānī of an unspecified year; datable to the early nineteenth century.

Polychrome rulings.

Multiple rough and awkward nastaʿlīq hands.

Annotations.

Detached tooled reddish leather boards.

Folios detached.

Condition poor.

Title: Tāʾrīkh-i ʿālam'ārā-yi ʿAbbāsī
Title: تاريخ عالم آراى عبّاسى
Author: Iskandar munshīʾ اسكندر منشىء

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 453 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 292 × 183 mm.

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1800-1820Early 19th century India

Provenance 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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