IO Islamic 3876 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Tuzuk-i Taymuri
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1 copy of Tūzuk-i Taymūrī by Mīr Ṭālib Ḥusaynī
Illustrated manuscript of the Persian translation of a pseudo-autobiography of Timur in Chaghatay, supposedly discovered in Yemen and brought to the Timurid or Mughal court by Prince Aurangzeb and presented to Emperor Shahjahan I, who ordered its translation under the title Malfūẓāt-i Sāḥib'qirānī
Paintings in a simplified Sikh-era Panjabi style; double frontispiece of Timur enthroned (ff. 1v-2r); double finispiece of ladies conveying trays of food in a ḥaram (ff. 94v-95r); illustrations to the text: ff. 4r, 14v, 19r, 22r, 29r, 32r, 37r, 40r, 44r, 48r, 53r, 63r, 64r, 69v, 72r, 75v, 80r, 85v, 87r, 91r, 93v
Colophon (f. 94r): completed Friday, 25 Rajab 1258/1 September 1842, Malik Sayf al-Dīn Qādirī
Preceded by a brief summary of the contents and date of completion in Persian
IOL stamp: 6 Jan 1917
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