Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

IO Islamic 3933 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Irvine Collection

Bahadurshahnamah

Contents

1 copy of Bahādur shāh'nāmah by Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad Dānishmand Khān ʻĀlī

Official regnal chronicle for the reign of Bahādur Shāh I (r.1707-1712) by Mīrzā Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad 'ʿĀlī,' entitled successively Niʿmat Khān, Muqarrab Khān, and Dānishmand Khān (d. 1 Rabīʿ I 1122 / 30 April 1710, at Delhi)

Consists of account covering first 2 regnal years only, ending abruptly either because the source ms. was defective or transcription was discontinued

Note of purchase dated 4 Rabīʿ II 1179 / 20 September 1765

Language(s): Persian

Transcribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 107 pages
Dimensions (leaf): 277 × 160 mm.

Hand(s)

Nastaʿlīq inclining toward shikastah

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 1725 - 1765 CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine, purchased 16 January 1896

Quaritch

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_f051r

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Bibliography

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