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Mir'at-i aftab-numa

1 copy of Mirʾāt-i āftāb numā by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Shāhnavāz Khān Hāshimī Banbānī Dihlavī

Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Shāhnavāz Khān Hāshimī Banbānī Dihlavī عبد الرّحمٰن شاه نواز خان هاشمى بنبانى دهلوى

Part of a larger work on general history with a more detailed account for the reign of Shāh ʿĀlam Pādshāh, whose takhalluṣ or pseudonym was Āftāb (sun)

Defective at beginning and with lacunae

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 526 fol.

Dimensions (leaf):

Hand(s)

Fairly clear nastaʿlīq by 2-3 different hands

Additions:

Marginal notes in W. Irvine's hand.

Binding

Seal(s):

History

Origin: Saturday, 7 Jum. II, regnal year 5 of Akbar II AH; June 1811 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3 (MSS Eur/E/207/5_f.24r) MSS Eur E207/5_f.24r

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Bibliography

MSS Eur E207/5_f.24r

Funding of Cataloguing

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