IO Islamic 3886 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Ijaz al-siyar

1 copy of Ījāz al-siyar by Pūran Chand

Language(s): Persian

Author's abridged version of his chronicle commisioned by Muḥammad Vājid ʿAlī Shāh, the Sulṭān al-siyar, a work in progress at the time of writing.

Possibly the author's autograph.

Not dated.

Loose unrelated(?) folios (ff 302-312) inserted at end

Title: Ījāz al-siyar

Title: ايجاز السّير

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: ff vi, 312

Dimensions (leaf): 265 × 170 mm.

Hand(s)

Main text in rough nastaʿlīq; marginalia in shikastah āmīz

Decoration

Additions:

Heavily annotated in the margins and on other pages left blank in a different, semi-calligraphic hand.

Binding

History

Origin: 1840 - 1880 CE Lucknow, Awadh (Oudh), ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine, acquired 26 December 1882, possibly from "Abd ul-Aziz"

1913-08-15

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/7_f079r

Availability

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