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Letters of Emperor 'Alamgir by 'Inayatullah Kashmiri

1 copy of Kalimāt-i ṭayyibāt by Shaykh ʿInāyat Allāh Kanbūh

Author: Shaykh ʿInāyat Allāh Kanbūh عنايت الله

Collection of royal orders (tawqīʿāt) and notes of the Timurid or Mughal Emperor ʿĀlamgīr I (Aurangzeb) compiled after his death by the minister Shaykh ʿInāyat Allāh Khān Kashmīrī ibn Shukr Allāh (d. 1139/1726-7) at the behest of Emperor Bahādur Shāh I

The work was completed, according to a couplet recording the chronogrammatic title Kalimāt-i ṭayyibāt, in 1121/1709

Well-written nastaʿlīq

Some folios are damaged

Not dated; circa eighteenth century

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 86 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 235 × 140 mm.

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History

Origin: 18th century CE ; India

Record Sources

Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3. Available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts, manuscript number: MSS Eur E207/26_f031r

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MSS Eur E207/26_f031r

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