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RSPA 12
- Record Id:
- 032-004380739
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004380739
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100169708454.0x000048
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- RSPA 12
- Title:
- 1 copy of Mujmil al-Tārīkh baʿd-i Nādiriyyah by Abū 'l-Ḥasan Ibn Muḥammad Amīn Gulistānah
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004380739", "parent" : "#", "text" : "RSPA 12: 1 copy of Mujmil al-Tārīkh baʿd-i Nādiriyyah by Abū 'l-Ḥasan Ibn Muḥammad Amīn Gulistānah" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004380739
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004380739
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- ff.ii+333+iv
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1782
- End Date:
- 1792
- Date Range:
- 1782-1792
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Abū 'l-Ḥasan Ibn Muḥammad Amīn Gulistānah
- Subjects:
- Mogul Empire--History
- TEI:
-
India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
RSPA 12
Contents
1 copy of Mujmil al-Tārīkh baʿd-i Nādiriyyah by Abū 'l-Ḥasan Ibn Muḥammad Amīn Gulistānah
Language(s): Persian
ff. 1v-333rTitle: Mujmil al-Tārīkh baʿd-i NādiriyyahTitle: مجمل التاریخ بعد نادریهOn the final page, the date 1196AH, or 1782, is mentioned which suggests the manuscript is late eighteenth century. This is not, however, a date signature on the manuscript.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله رب العالمین والصلوة والسلام علی خیر خلقه محمد.Explicit: وابو الفتح خان را با مردان شهر درمی صره دارد.Colophon: والسلام علی من التبع الهدیPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Thin cream woven paper with guards and supports.Extent: ff.ii+333+ivDimensions (leaf): 235 × 165 mm.Dimensions (written): 160 × 90 mm.Foliation:European numerals in pencil.
Condition
Excellent condition. Some stains and smudges.
Layout
Columns:1
Hand(s)
Thick-line black ink nastaʿlīq with frequent rubrications.
Decoration
Additions:On f1v, William Jones has signed his name above the basmalah.
Frequent marginal additions in Persian throughout the manuscript.
Binding
Standard India Office half leather binding with wine coloured marbled endpapers.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1782-1792 1782 - 1792 CE ; IndiaProvenance and Acquisition
RSPA 1-118 were presented to the Royal Society in January 1792 by Sir William and Lady Jones. According to Wilkins, this manuscript was 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. 8 no. XIIAvailability
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