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Akhbar-i Mahabbat

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1 copy of Akhbār-i Maḥabbat by Maḥabbat Khān ibn Fayz̤ ʿAtāʾ Khān

Author: Maḥabbat Khān ibn Fayz̤ ʿAtāʾ Khān محبّت خان ابن فيض عطاٴ خان
Title: Akhbār-i Maḥabbat
Title: اخبار محبّت

General history of India down to 1186 / 1772

Appended at beginning is Maḥabbat Khān's genealogy in William Irvine's hand

Not dated, but paper embossed with stamp dated 1875

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 246 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 298 × 190 mm.

Hand(s)

Fairly clean nastaʿlīq

Additions:

Annotations by W. Irvine

Binding

History

Origin: 1875 - 1878 CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine. acquired by him in 1878

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_f7r

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