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Tavarikh-i Afghani

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1 copy of Tavārīkh-i Afghānī

Title: Tavārīkh-i Afghānī
Title: تواريخ افغانى

Alternative title stated in scribe's colophon: Kitāb-i tavārīkh-i makhzan-i Afghānī

Epitome of the Makhzan-i Afghānī

Abridged history of the Afghans and their tribal divisions

Language(s): Persian

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

Filiation: According to note at beginning, copied from an old, worm-eaten copy, picked up in Allahabad (Ilāhābād), October 1892

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 25 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 162 × 249 mm.

Hand(s)

Clear, rough nastaʿlīq. Scribe: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz

Additions:

Note at beginning by G. J. Nicholls dated 10-12-1892, at Fatehgarh (Farrukhabad)

Binding

History

Origin: December 1892 CE Āgrah (Agra) ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

George Jasper Nicholls

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/8_f143r

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