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Ta'rikh-i faizbakhsh

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1 copy of Tārīkh-i fayz̤bakhsh by Munshī Shīv Parshād

Author: Munshī Shīv Parshād منشى شيو پرشاد
Title: Tārīkh-i fayz̤bakhsh
Title: تاريخ فيض بخش

History of the Afghan rulers of Kather, Rohilkhand (UP), with additional relevance to relations with the East India Company, completed in 1190/1776

Defective at beginning and end, lacking sections on the introduction and conclusion

Not dated

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 65 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 216 × 148 mm.

Hand(s)

Poor Indian taʿlīq

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Binding

History

Origin: 19th century CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

E. Shoraton

B. Quaritch

W. H. Allen & Co., 1894-01-13

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_f126r

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