IO Islamic 3939 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Irvine Collection
Nigaristan
Contents
1 copy of Nigāristān by Qāz̤ī Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghaffārī al-Qazvīnī
Collection of historical and biographical anecdotes arranged in order of dynasties
Composed in 959 / 1552 and dedicated to Shāh Ṭahmāsp Ṣafavī
Transcribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Scribal to calligraphic nastaʿlīq-i khafī. Scribe: Hidāyat Allāh ibn Shukr Allāh Aymūrī (?)
Decoration
Original rubrication and coloured rulings; early-nineteenth-century 'Delhi' style interlinear gilding, illuminated sarlawḥ, illuminated floral margins (ff.1v-2r)
Binding
History
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Availability
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