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Delhi Persian 609

Record Id:
032-004580195
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Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Persian 609
Title:
Laṭāʾif al-akhbār by Rashīd Khān
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
ff. i+144+i
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1826
End Date:
1826
Date Range:
1826
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
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Names:
Dārā Shikūh, Prince, son of Shahjahan, Emperor of India, 1615-1659,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000071395450,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/27879596
Dārā Shikūh, Prince, son of Shahjahan, Emperor of India, 1615-1659,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000071395450,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/27879596
Nādir Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1688-1747,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000066753540,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/16017634
Rashīd Khān
Subjects:
Afghanistan--History
India--History--1526-1765
TEI:

India Office Library

Delhi Persian 609

Laṭāʾif al-akhbār by Rashīd Khān

Contents

Summary of Contents: Laṭāʾif al-akhbār, called Tārīkh-i Qandahār in the colophon, a detailed account of Dārā Shukūh’s unsuccessful siege of Qandahār in 1063/1653 by Rashīd Khān known as Muḥammad Badīʻ, also called Rashīd Khān Badīʿ al-Zamān or Badīʿ al-Zamān Mahābatkhānī.
Author: Rashīd Khān رشید خان
Title: Laṭā’if al-akhbār
Title: لطائف الاخبار
Title: Tārīkh-i Qandahār
Title: تاریخ قندهار
Colophon: Completed on 17 Rajab 1241 (20 Feb. 1826).
Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: ff. i+144+i
Dimensions (leaf): 285 × 180 mm.
Dimensions (written): 210 × 103 mm.
Foliation:

India Office pencilled foliation.

Condition

Some loose leaves.

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 17

17 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink with headings and overlinings in red.

Binding

19th century three-quarter leather marbled board binding; paper paste-downs

Seal(s):

Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 144v).

History

Origin: 17 Rajab 1241 AH (20 Feb 1826) ; 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. 108-9 (digital images currently unavailable). Revised by Ursula Sims-Williams.

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Microfilm IOL 356

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