Eton Pote 271 (Eton College Library, Eton College)

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

Colophon further notes: F.475: final colophon which does not provide information on copying. Neither do internal colophons: f.72r; 110v; f.152r; f.185r; .232v; f.280v; f.334v; f.381r; absent on f.469r.

Note concerning manuscript: Divided into sections beginning with sarlauh s and ending with colophons.

Note concerning work: Seems to be different from the work of the same title https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/work_1323 by Binbani. It is a history from Creation down to 905/1499. The author is 'Abd al-Karim Nimdahi (born 843/1439, from Hurmuz) as stated in "The Contemporary Persian chronicles of the Sultans of Gujarat - a study" by Akbar 'Ali Tirmizi in Islamic Culture v.32 (1958), p.131: "I have succeeded in unearthing two Mss. of the Tabaqat-i- Mahmudshahi, which was hitherto considered as lost. One of them is to be found in the library of Eton at Windsor. (1) On the title page the work is called Tabaqat-i-Mahmudshahi, while in the preface it is named as Tabaqat-i-‘ Abd-al-Karim or at-Tabaqat-al-Mahmudshahīyah. It comprises 475 folios and contains three seals, probably Mughal. It seems to have been transcribed in the 17th or 18th century. There is another Ms. at Tashkent (U.S.S.R.). This copy which belongs to the 17th century was transcribed by Muzaffar ibn ‘Imad. (2)". For further sometimes confused works (including that of Binbani) see also B.M. Tirmidhi, "Are Tabaqat-i-Mahmudhshai, Ma'athir-i-Mahmudshahi and the Tarikh-i-Sadr-i-Jahan identical?" in Proceedings of the Indian History Congress vol 10 (1947), pp.325-328. For a later study of Nīmdihī see J. Aubin, "Indo-islamica I : la vie et l'œuvre de Nīmdihī", Revue des études islamiques, v.34 (1996) pp.61-81.

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