IO Islamic 3769 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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History of Durrani rulers

Summary of Contents: Aḥvāl-i pādshāh-i Durrānī by Mīrzā Ḥusayn ʿAlī Khān Hiravī ibn Rajab ʿAlī

Author: Mīrzā Ḥusayn ʿAlī Khān Hiravī ibn Rajab ʿAlī Khān ميرزا حسين على خان هروى ابن رجب على خان

The author names himself as Ḥusayn ʻAlī in the text (f. 1v) but is referred to consistently by Anderson in this and other works as Ḥasan ʻAlī

History of the later Durrani rulers of Qandahar, commissioned at the request of William Anderson, Commandant of Artillery to Shah Shujāʻ al-Mulk at Kandahar in 1255 (1839/40)

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 184 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 223 × 133 mm.

Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq in black ink; probably the author's autograph.

Additions:

Signed note on f. 1r by William Anderson (1803-1858) dated 1841: "Husun Alee, a seller of drugs, and instructor of Persian; Heratee … volunteered to write a History of Kundahar from the days of Nadir; this is the result... .", with a postscript "He was a servant of Jandad Khan and Hajee Feerooz of which time he gives a good account."

Attached to folio 1r is a leaf containing a critical note in Persian by an unnamed person.

Binding

Contemporary brown leather binding with plain and punched circle borders.

History

Origin: Undated but probably the date of Anderson's note, 1841 Afghanistan

Provenance and Acquisition

Commissioned and previously owned by Lieutenant-Colonel William Anderson (1803-1858)

Acquired by the India Office Library on 19 March 1909, one of 25 vols. purchased at a sale of Sotheby, Wilkins and Hodge for £7.0.6 on 16 March 1909 (ref. IOR/L/R/6/309 no 546).

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_f090r

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IO Islamic 3769 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

History of Durrani rulers

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