IO Islamic 3911 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Irvine Collection

Tuhfah-i tazah

1 copy of Tuḥfah-'i tāzah by Khayr al-Dīn Muḥammad Ilāhābādī

Author: Khayr al-Dīn Muḥammad Ilāhābādī خير الدّين محمّد الٰه آبادى

Alternative title: Balvandnāmah

Alternative title: Tārīkh-i Balvandī

History of the landowners or zamīndārs of Benares / Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh, India), from the period of Mansārām to the deposition of Chayt Singh (Chait Singh), in 1195 / 1781

Language(s): Persian

Filiation: Copied from a manuscript obtained at Jaunpur (see William Irvine's note on a flyleaf of I.O.Islamic 3894) through the mediation of Munshīʾ Ṣadr al-Dīn Aḥmad, taḥṣīldār and magistrate of Farrukhabad District

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 131 folios

Dimensions (leaf): 318 × 205 mm.

Hand(s)

Scribe: Aḥmad ʿAlī Khān Farrukhābādī. Clear nastaʿlīq

Additions:

Marginal notes in William Irvine's hand.

Binding

History

Origin: 19 September 1879 CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

1913-08-15

William Irvine

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_f260r

Availability

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