IO Islamic 3941 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Irvine Collection
Mir'at al-ahval-i jahan-numa
Contents
1 copy of Mirʾāt al-aḥvāl-i jahān numā by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad Bāqir al-Iṣfahānī al-mashhūr bi-al-Bihbahānī
Incorrect title (f. 3r): Taz̲kirah-yi Mīrzā Muḥammad Bāqir Lāhawrī
Autobiography, beginning with biographical notices of prominent Shi'ite scholars related to the author: 1) Muḥammad Taqī, 2) Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Taqī, 3) Muḥammad Ṣaliḥ, 4) Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Akmal al-Bihbihānī
Bears a dedication to Muḥammad ʿAlī Khān Bahādur Qājār
Concludes (ff. 261r-321v) with a description of the world according to Copernicus, discussing China, the Pope (Pāpā), and royal dynasties of England from the Saxon Kingdoms to the Hanoverian, King George III ("the English are very pleased with him"), describing London, and terminating abruptly with a discussion on English laws (subsequent folios lost)
Transcribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra
Physical Description
Condition
Gauze overlay; water staining and smudges; worm holes
Folios trimmed and remounted before present binding
Hand(s)
Rough scribal nastaʿlīq
Binding
History
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