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Delhi Persian 608B

Record Id:
032-004580194
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Persian 608B
Title:
Akbarnāmah by Abu ʼl-Faz̤l, dafter 2
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
ff. ii+320+ii
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1700-1799
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
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Names:
Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Mubārak, 1551-1602,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000080847682,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/5150639
Nādir Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1688-1747,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000066753540,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/16017634
Subjects:
Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan, 1542-1605
India--History--1526-1765
Mogul Empire--History
Mogul Empire--Kings and rulers--Biograph
TEI:

India Office Library

Delhi Persian 608B

Akbarnāmah by Abu ʼl-Faz̤l, dafter 2

Contents

Summary of Contents: Abu’l-Fazl’s history of the reign of Akbar, described as the second half of cycle three (dawr), covering regnal years 37-50 (1592-1605).
Author: Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Mubārak, 1551-1602 ابو الفضل ابن مبارك علامی
Title: Akbarnāmah
Title: اکبر نامه

The scribe has indicated the letter h (ه) by repeating a subscript version underneath‍.

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: ff. ii+320+ii
Dimensions (leaf): 325 × 205 mm.
Dimensions (written): 235 × 117 mm.
Foliation:

Pencilled foliation.

Collation

Catchwords in the centre of the verso.

Condition

Detached binding.

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 11

Mixed prose with verses in two columns, 11 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Fair nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink, with headings in red.

Decoration

Text block is framed in black, red and gold with a further page frame in a single black line.

Additions:

Notes in a later hand on ff. 1r and 319v describe this volume as the second half of the third cycle (dawr).

Binding

Red leather detached contemporary binding with floral and circular designed white embossed paper central medallion, four pendants on vertical axis, corners and three-banded border; gold-ruled frame; leather doublure with gold rulings. Identical to binding of Delhi Persian 608C

Seal(s):

Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 319v, 320v).

History

Origin: Undated, probably 18th century CE. ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

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, Mss Eur E207/6, ff. 87-88. (digital images currently unavailable). Revised by Ursula Sims-Williams

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