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Javahir-i shahi
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1 copy of Javāhir-i shāhī by Jawhar Aftābah'chī
Title: Javāhir-i shāhī\/Title: جواهر شاهىAlternative title stated in colophon: Tārīkh-i Humāyūnī
Official chronicle of Humāyūn Pādshāh by his ewer-bearer, by order of Akbar Pādshāh
Version differs from other standard editions with parts attributed to Ilāhdād Fayz̤ī
According to Storey, "one would be disposed to regard this MS. as representing Jauhar's original draft, rather than a recension."
Although the colophon dates the volume to the mid seventeenth century, this is likely to be a later copy (circa early eighteenth century) with the original colophon reproduced verbatim
Language(s): PersianTranscribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra
Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 164 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 148 × 241 mm.Hand(s)
Rough nastaʿlīq and shikastah āmīz. Scribe: Chandarbhān ... known as sāravāl (?)of qaṣbah Thanesar
Additions:Several notes and letters of correspondence at beginning
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History
Origin: 17 Jum. II 1060, regnal year 24 of Shāh Jahān I AH; 17 June 1650 CE Sarāy of Shaykh Farīd known as Murtaz̤á Khān, Markaz al-Salṭanat Shāhjahānābād ; Delhi, 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_f073rAvailability
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