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Delhi Persian 770A

Record Id:
032-004580197
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Persian 770A
Title:
Tārīkh-i Nādirī by Muḥammad Maḥdī Khān Astarābādī
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
ff. ii+197+ii+wrapper
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1829
End Date:
1829
Date Range:
1829
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Mahdī Khān Astarābādī, fl 1733-1759,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000118796981,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/95260793
Nādir Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1688-1747,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000066753540,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/16017634
Nādir Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1688-1747,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000066753540,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/16017634
Subjects:
Afsharid dynasty
Iran--History--16th-18th centuries
TEI:

India Office Library

Delhi Persian 770A

Tārīkh-i Nādirī by Muḥammad Maḥdī Khān Astarābādī

Contents

Summary of Contents: Tārīkh-i Nādirī or Tārīkh-i Jahāngushā-yi Nādirī, a history of Nādir Shāh by Mīrzā Muḥammad Mahdī Khān “Kawkab” ibn Muḥammad Naṣīr Astarābādī.
Author: Mīrzā Mahdī Khān Astarābādī, fl. 1733-1759 میرزا مهدى خان استرآبادى
Title: Tārīkh-i Nādirī
Title: تاریخ نادری
Title: Tārīkh-i Jahāngushā-yi Nādirī
Title: تاریخ جهانگشای نادری
Colophon: Colophon dated 16 Rabīʻ al-avval 1245 (11 September 1829).
Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: ff. ii+197+ii+wrapper
Dimensions (leaf): 290 × 170 mm.
Dimensions (written): 193 × 102 mm.
Foliation:

India Office pencilled foliation.

Collation

Catchwords.

Condition

Slightly torn; without binding.

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 18

18 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink.

Decoration

Text frame in red and black, with single blue outer page frame.

Additions:

Some marginal notes.

f ii: loose folio from an unidentified work.

Seal(s):

Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 197v).

History

Origin: 16 Rabīʻ al-avval 1245 AH (11 September 1829) ; 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 E207/8, f. 67. (digital images currently unavailable). Revised by Ursula Sims-Williams

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