Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

IO Islamic 3925 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Irvine Collection

Tarikh-i Iradat Khan

Contents

1 copy of Tārīkh-i Irādat Khān by Mubārak Allāh Vāz̤iḥ

Alternative 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): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 55 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 315 × 200 mm.

Hand(s)

Poor nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Muḥammad ʿAẓīm Allāh al-ʿAbbāsī al-Hāshimī

Additions:

Annotations by W. Irvine

Binding

History

Origin: 4 Muḥarram 1304 AH; 3 October 1886 CE Saidpur, Ghazipur District ; 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_f138r

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