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Chahar Gulshan
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1 copy of Chahār gulshan by Chandarbhān
Title: Chahār gulshanTitle: چهار گلشنGeneral history of India by grandson of original author, Rāy Chaturman Saksenā Kāyasth
William Irvine's note on flyleaf: "[Henry Miers] Elliott [sic] says history too brief to be of value. But acc[oun]t of Saints, Fakirs (Hindu), Itineraries & Statistical Tables are of some value"
Language(s): PersianTranscribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra
Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 145 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 152 × 237 mm.Condition
Heavily worm eaten along margins
Hand(s)
Rough nastaʿlīq
Additions:Signature at end by William Irvine dated Jan. 16, 1893
Binding
History
Origin: 22 Z̲ū al-Ḥijjah 1221, regnal year 1 of Muḥammad Akbar Pādshāh Ghāzī AH; 1807 CE ; IndiaRecord 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/6_f014rAvailability
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