IO Islamic 3957 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Account of Maratha Wars

Title lacking, endorsed on label attached to binding as Bhāʾo'nāmah (Bhāʾū'nāmah)

Untitled account of Maratha wars from 1171-1199 / 1757-1785

Written by author in Benares (Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India), in 1201 / 1786-7, for Governor-General Cornwallis

Acquired by ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, 15 July 1891

Not dated

Language(s): Persian

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

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 46 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 143 × 242 mm.

Hand(s)

Good scribal nastaʿlīq

Additions:

Binding

Seal(s):

Seal at front (f. 1r) of Amīr Muḥammad Khvurram [sic] Bakht Bahādur Gūrkānī, with adjacent note, Muḥammad Khvurram [sic] Bakht Ḥanafī Qādirī Gūrkānī, dated 1212 / 1797-8

Seal of Timurid prince: Amīr Muḥammad Khurram Bakht Bahādur Ḥanafī Qādirī Gūrgānī

History

Origin: 1790 - 1800 CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

Amīr Muḥammad Khurram Bakht Bahādur Ḥanafī Qādirī Gūrgānī

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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

Availability

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