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Tarikh-i Iradat Khan
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1 copy of Tārīkh-i Irādat Khān by Mubārak Allāh Vāz̤iḥ
Title: Tārīkh-i Irādat KhānTitle: تاريخ ارادت خانAlternative title on stated on title page: Savāniḥ-i Mirzā Mubārak Allāh Khān
Author entitled Irādat Khān, with the takhalluṣ or pseudonym Vāz̤iḥ
Autobiography relating events from the death of Aurangzeb ʿAlamgir (d. 1118 / 1707) to Farrukh Siyar's entry into Shāhjahānābād (Delhi) seven years later, in Muḥarram 1125 / 1713. The account thus covers the wars of succession and reigns of Bahādur Shāh, Jahāndār Shāh, and Farrukh Siyar.
Work completed by author in 1126 / 1714
Language(s): PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: 55 foliosDimensions (leaf): 315 × 200 mm.Hand(s)
Poor nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Muḥammad ʿAẓīm Allāh al-ʿAbbāsī al-Hāshimī
Additions:Annotations by W. Irvine
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History
Origin: 4 Muḥarram 1304 AH; 3 October 1886 CE Saidpur, Ghazipur District ; IndiaProvenance 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_f138rAvailability
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