IO Islamic 3841 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Tarikh-i Mahmudshahi
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1 copy of Tārīkh-i Maḥmūd Shāhī
Anonymously-written official regnal chronicle for the reign of Sultan Mahmud Begarah written in florid prose, extending from 896/1490-1 to 916/1511, intended as a supplement to the anonymously-written Maʾās̲ir-i Maḥmūdshāhī
According to Storey (p. 726), this volume apparently contains only the first two maqālahs described in the preface, with accounts for Mahmud Shah and his contemporaries
Dated colophon (f. 60v): completed Sunday, 12 Shavvāl 1299/27 August 1882, in the city of farkhandah bunyād Ḥaydar'ābād (Deccan), within the office of the Garīntar (Guarantor) for the Navvāb Niẓām al-Mulk Āṣafjāh, by ʿAbd al-Razzāq. Checked by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, 13 Shavvāl 1299/28 August 1882
IOL stamp 15 Aug. 1913
Bound with IO Islamic 3842
Bound in original covers, signed Yūsuf ʿAlī the ṣaḥḥāf
Transcribed in clear and neat shikastah āmīz, with large naskh for quotations, with flecked mica
Notes of ownership at beginning
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