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Majma' al-tavarikh

1 copy of Majmaʿ al-tavārīkh by Muḥammad Khalīl

Detailed account of the life and reign of the author's grandfather, Shah Sulayman Safavi II, and the Ghilza'i Afghan insurrection at Qandahar in 1120/1708-9, extending to 1207/1792-3, also the date of its completion

Copied from a MS in the Murshidabad library

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 135 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 201 × 160 mm.

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History

Origin: 1906 CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

E Denison Ross, 4 June 1908

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/8_f055r

Availability

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Bibliography

MSS Eur E207/8_f055r

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