Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

IO Islamic 3887 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Irvine Collection

Ahkam-i 'Alamgiri, Part I

Contents

1 copy of Aḥkām-i ʿĀlamgīrī by ʿInāyat Allāh Khān ibn Mīrzā Shukr Allāh Khān

Language(s): Persian

Collection of anecdotes relating to orders (aḥkām) written by the Mughal Emperor Awrangzeb ʿAlamgir, as prince and emperor, on petitions and reports

Copied at the behest of Jadunath Sarkar (bābū jadūnāth sarkār)

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ff 290
Dimensions (leaf): 222 × 143 mm.

Decoration

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 23 June 1909 CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine, purchased for £2/17/6 on 17/7/09

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/6

Availability

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Bibliography

    6, f.128r

Funding of Cataloguing

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