IO Islamic 3918 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Irvine Collection
Tazkirat al-salatin-i Chaghata, volume 2
Contents
1 copy of Taz̲irat al-salāṭīn-i Chaghatā by Muḥammad Hādī Kāmvar Khān
History of the Timurid Dynasty, especially its 'Mughal' descendants in South Asia, begun under Muḥammad Shāh
Consists of the second volume only, continued until Jumādá I 1136 / 1724, equating to month 2 of ilāhī year 6 of Muḥammad Shāh's reign
Preceded at the beginning (ff i-vi) by notes by William Irvine, setting out in detail the author's career and biography.
Followed by a continuation copied in transliteration from a manuscript in the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society (ff 19); and thereafter by 27 folios of notes, genealogies etc in Irvine's hand.
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Fairly clear nastaʿlīq
Marginal notes by W. Irvine
Binding
History
Provenance and Acquisition
William Irvine
1913-08-15
William Irvine
Record Sources
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