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Summary of Contents: ظفرنامه نظام شامی A copy of the British Museum MS. Add. 23980 of the older Ẓafar-náma composed by Nizám-i-Shámí, relating the history of Tímúr down to 806/1403-4. The original MS. is fully described by Rieu on pp. 170-172 of his Persian Catalogue. This copy, written in a large, clear naskh hand on one side of the paper only, was made for me by Dr Aḥmad Khán. It comprises ff. 403 of 28.8 x 22 c. and 21 ll.

Author: Nizám al-Dín Shámí

Title: Ẓafar-náma

Title: ظفرنامه

Relates the history of Tímúr down to 806/1403-4. This copy was made, on one side of the paper only, by Dr Aḥmad Khán from the British Museum MS. Add. 23980, which is fully described by Rieu on pp. 170-172 of his Persian Catalogue.

Language(s): Persian

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Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: Ff. 403

Dimensions (leaf): 28.8 × 22 cm.

Layout

21 lines

Hand(s)

A large, clear naskh hand.Copied by Dr Aḥmad Khán.

History

Origin: not dated

Provenance and Acquisition

Copied for Browne by Dr Aḥmad Khán.

Passed to Cambridge University Library in 1936 (the "Browne Bequest").

Record Sources

Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

Cambridge University

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