Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

IO Islamic 3944 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Irvine Collection

Chahar Gulshan

Contents

1 copy of Chahār gulshan by Chandarbhān

General 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): Persian

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 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 ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

Quaritch

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/6_f014r

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Bibliography

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