IO Islamic 3874 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Hafiz-i Abru's geography, books 1-2
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1 copy of Jughrāfiyā-yi Ḥāfiẓ Abrū by Ḥāfiẓ Abrū
Geographical history begun in 817 under the orders of the Timurid ruler Mīrzā Shāh Rukh ibn Amīr Tīmūr bringing the history of Khurāsān down to 821, the latest event mentioned being the death of Amīrzādah Saʿd Vaqqās
Consists of books 1-2, but defective at end
Lacking colophon or date
Datable to late-sixteenth-century Shiraz, Safavid Iran
Seal partially obliterated (f. 1r), but probably is that of the Iranian minister, Muḥammad Shafīʿ
Transcribed by multiple hands in nastaʿlīq
Large illuminated double page openings (ff. 4v-5r, 7v-8r, 175v-176r), with bold sarlawḥ and ʿunvān designs on folios 4v, 7v, and 175v
Illuminated diagram of the known world organised schematically into climes or aqālīm (ff. 6v-7r), with further tables and genealogical diagrams interspersed throughout, some sketched roughly
Annotations throughout, many cropped
Covers not original: tooled leather binding, with red cartouches aligned centrally
Loose folio (f. 174)
IOL stamp: 26 May 1910
Microfilm reference: IOL Neg 1267
Flyleaves at end, emblem of 3 feathered tophats with the cipher AFG below
Copied from an original =-=-=-=-
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