Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

IO Islamic 3947 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Irvine Collection

Gwalior namah

Contents

1 copy of Gavāliyār'nāmah by Khayr al-Dīn Muḥammad Ilāhābādī

History of Gwalior from its earliest times to 1200 / 1785-6

Language(s): Persian

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

Filiation: Transcribed through the mediation (tavassuṭ) of Munshīʾ Ṣadr al-Dīn Aḥmad, taḥṣīldār of Farrukhabad District

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 67 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 155 × 210 mm.

Hand(s)

Clear nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Aḥmad ʿAlī Khān Farrukhābādī

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 11 August 1879 CE Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_f035r

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