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Delhi Persian 591

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032-004546215
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Delhi Persian 591
Title:
Taz̲kirat al-Salāṭīn-i Chaghatā by Muḥammad Hādī Kāmvar Khān, vol. 1
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
ff. ii+430+ii (omitting f. 198)
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1839
End Date:
1839
Date Range:
1839
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Hādī, Mīrza Muḥammad,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/65267429
Nādir Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1688-1747,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000066753540,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/16017634
Shimbhū’nāth Kāyath Māthur
Subjects:
Mogul Empire--History
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India Office Library

Delhi Persian 591

Taz̲kirat al-Salāṭīn-i Chaghatā by Muḥammad Hādī Kāmvar Khān, vol. 1

Contents

The first of two volumes of a history of the Timurids covering the origin of the Turks up to the death of Jahāngīr.

Author: Muḥammad Hādī Kāmvar Khān محمد هادي كامور خان
Title: Taz̲kirat al-Salāṭīn-i Chaghatā
Title: تذكرة السلاطين چغتا
Colophon: Completed by Shimbhū’nāth Kāyath Māthur in Shahjahanabad on 17 Ramazan 1255 corresponding to the 25th of November 1839, year 3 of Abū Ẓafar Sirāj al-Dīn Muḥammad Bahādur Shāh.
Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: ff. ii+430+ii (omitting f. 198)
Dimensions (leaf): 290 × 165 mm.
Dimensions (written): 215 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

India Office foliation in pencil.

Collation

Catchwords throughout on the bottom-centre of the verso.

Condition

Slightly worm-eaten and damp-stained, loose leaves, detached binding.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 17

17 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Shikastah-amiz; copied in black ink, with headings in red. Copied by Shimbhū’nāth Kāyath Māthur.

Additions:

Note on f. ii recto: "This book belong [sic] to Shimbunath and Bishundernath and …[illegible] 9 March 1848."

Note on endpaper: "This belong to [sic] Bishundernath is the son of Shimbunath and Shimbunath is the son of Mohkun(?) Singh and Mohkun(?) Singh is the son of Soornie Singh."

Binding

Red leather binding without flap with ruled and embossed pasted border.

Seal(s):

Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 430v).

History

Origin: 1839-11-2517 Ramazan 1255 corresponding to the 25th of November 1839; Shahjahanabad, India

Provenance and Acquisition

Belonged to Shimbunath and Bishundernath in March 1848.

Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859. Administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876.

Acquired by the Government of India in 1876

Record Sources

Based on C.A. Storey's description in Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library vol III [https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=mss_eur_e207!6_f050r] (digital images currently unavailable)Mss Eur E207/6, ff. 50-51. Revised by Ursula Sims-Williams

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