IO Islamic 3932 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Irvine Collection
Tarikh-i Nadiri by Mahdī Khān Astarābādī
Contents
Summary of Contents: A history of the reign of Nādir Shāh Afshār and his descendents, also known as the Tārīkh-i jahāngushā-yi Nādirī and here labelled Nādirnāmah.
Title: Tārīkh-i Nādirī
Title: تاريخ نادرى
Transcribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra.
Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: ff 175
Dimensions (leaf): 261 × 17 mm.
Hand(s)
Clear nastaʿlīq
History
Origin: 13 February 1893 CE ; India
Provenance and Acquisition
Previous owner G. J. Nicholls and subsequently acquired by William Irvine
Acquired by the India Office Library 15 August 1913 from 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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: MSS Eur E207/8, f. 69r
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