IO Islamic 3928 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Chanderi, various historical extracts

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Title and compiler's name not stated in work

Large label on front cover describes the contents in Urdu: jild-i naql-i kaifiyyat-i Fārsī, ʿahd-i Akbar Pādshāh se tā ʿahd-i Bahādur Shāh-i avval, jis-qadr ḥālāt-i mahārājagān-i Canderī az rū-yi kutub-i tavārīk̲h̲hāʾī se dastiyāb hūʾā, va tamām va kamāl-i jild-i hāz̲ā men̲ mundarij kiyā gayā

Anonymously compiled historical extracts, from the reigns of Timurid or Mughal Emperor Akbar I to Emperor Bahādur Shāh I, relating to the town and fort of Chanderi in Malwa (now Ashoknagar District, Madhya Pradesh), possibly drawn up in connexion with a law suit

Label and descriptive notes between flyleaves in Urdu

The scribe has included details on filiation for most extracts

Not dated

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 416 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 305 × 197 mm.

Hand(s)

Large, scribal nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Sayyid Ṣafdar Sulṭān

Zaydī

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Binding

History

Origin: 19th century 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/7_f038r

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