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1 copy of Nigāristān by Qāz̤ī Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghaffārī al-Qazvīnī

Author: Qāz̤ī Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghaffārī al-Qazvīnī قاضى احمد ابن محمّد الغفّارى القزوينى
Title: Nigāristān
Title: نگارستان

Collection of historical and biographical anecdotes arranged in order of dynasties

Composed in 959 / 1552 and dedicated to Shāh Ṭahmāsp Ṣafavī

Language(s): Persian

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 285 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 127 × 216 mm.

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)

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Binding

History

Origin: Monday, 26 Rajab 1074 AH; 1664 CE ; Iran

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

Fida Husain Khan of Fatehgurh

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/5_f036r

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