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Farhat al-nazirin

1 copy of Farḥat al-nāz̤irīn by Muḥammad Aslam ibn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz̤ Parasrūrī Anṣārī Qādirī

Author: Muḥammad Aslam ibn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz̤ Parasrūrī Anṣārī Qādirī محمّد اسلم ابن محمّد حافظ پرسرورى انصارى قادرى

Title: Farḥat al-nāz̤irīn

Title: فرحۃ النّاظرين

Part of a larger work on general history dealing mainly with South Asia

Comprises third maqālah only, treating Amīr Taymūr and the Indian Timurids or Moghuls to the reign of Shāh ʿĀlam

Not dated

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 174 folios

Dimensions (leaf): 330 × 240 mm.

Hand(s)

Fairly clear nastaʿlīq

Additions:

Marginal notes in W. Irvine's hand.

Binding

History

Origin: 1800 - 1850 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/5_f011r

Availability

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Bibliography

MSS Eur E207/5_f.11r

Funding of Cataloguing

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