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Akbarnamah, daftar 1, part 1

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1 copy of Akbarnāmah by Shaykh Abū al-Faẓl ibn Shaykh Mubārak Nāgawrī

Author: Shaykh Abū al-Faẓl ibn Shaykh Mubārak Nāgawrī شيخ ابو الفضل ابن شيخ مبارك ناگورى
Title: Akbarnāmah
Title: اكبر نامه

Official regnal chronicle for the reign of the Mughal Emperor Akbar

Comprises part 1 of the first daftar only

Rubrication omitted throughout

Defective at both ends, last 2 folios (ff. 276-7) modern replacements

Folios disarranged, as many catchwords have disappeared

Not dated

Volume not identified as Akbarnāmah by W. Irvine, hence the inscription on a flyleaf, "History of the House of Timur. Presented for Mr W. Irvine by Moulvi Nur Mahomad, Amīr of Chunar, thro' G. Jasper Nicholls. Benares 12/3/92 "

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 277 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 220 × 155 mm.

Hand(s)

Poor nastaʿlīq

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 1700 - 1800 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_f085r

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