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RSPA 11
- Record Id:
- 032-004380738
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004380738
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100169708454.0x000047
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- RSPA 11
- Title:
- 1 copy of Tārīkh-i Jahānkushā-yi Nādirī by Muḥammad Mahdī Astarābādī ibn Muḥammad Naṣīr
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004380738", "parent" : "#", "text" : "RSPA 11: 1 copy of Tārīkh-i Jahānkushā-yi Nādirī by Muḥammad Mahdī Astarābādī ibn Muḥammad Naṣīr" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004380738
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004380738
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- ff.288+iv
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1788
- End Date:
- 1788
- Date Range:
- 1788
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Abū Ṭalib Nīshāpūrī
Astar''ābādī, Mahdī Khān, 1733-1759,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/95260793
Astar''ābādī, Mahdī Khān, 1733-1759,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/95260793
Muḥammad Riz̤ā Ḥusayn al-Māzandarānī - Subjects:
- Mogul Empire--History
- TEI:
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India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
RSPA 11
Contents
1 copy of Tārīkh-i Jahānkushā-yi Nādirī by Muḥammad Mahdī Astarābādī ibn Muḥammad Naṣīr
Language(s): Persian
ff. 2r-288vTitle: Tārīkh-i Jahānkushā-yi NādirīTitle: تاریخ جهانکشای نادریWilliam Jones published a translation of this text in French in 1770 and English in 1773, before his trip to India.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. بر دانایان رموز آکاهی و دقیقه شناسان حکمتهای آلهی واضخ استExplicit: ستار و عمله روانه توقف انجافر صفیColophon: Colophon partially illegible. Specifies the date as 12th Dhū 'l-Ḥijjah 1202 AH. Mentions Abū Ṭalib Nīshāpūrī and Muḥammad Riz̤ā Ḥusayn al-Māzandarānī. The latter appears to be the scribe and he copied the manuscript from the former's library.Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Very thin white woven paper.Extent: ff.288+ivDimensions (leaf): 240 × 180 mm.Dimensions (written): 190 × 120 mm.Foliation:European numerals in pencil.
Condition
Good condition. Pages stick together. Dirty.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 12
Hand(s)
Elegant shikastah script in black ink. Colophon is in a difficult-to-read shikastah written transversely across the page.
Decoration
Additions:There are infrequent Persian annotations and marginal comments throughout the manuscript. Title page provided by Jones.
Binding
Red leather European-style Indian binding with gilded patterns.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1788-09-12 11_Dhū 'l-Ḥijjah_1202 AH; 12 September 1788 CE ; IndiaProvenance and Acquisition
RSPA 1-118 were presented to the Royal Society in January 1792 by Sir William and Lady Jones. Manuscript presented by Lady Jones.
The Royal Society's collection of 280 Persian and Arabic, and 86 Sanskrit manuscripts were transferred to the India Office Library in 1876.
1876
India Office Library
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on E. Denison Ross and E. G. Browne, Catalogue of two collections of Persian and Arabic manuscripts preserved in the India Office Library (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1902), p. 7-8 no. XIAvailability
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