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Akbarnamah

1 copy of Akbar nāmah by Shaykh Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Shaykh Mubārak Nāgawrī

Author: Shaykh Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Shaykh Mubārak Nāgawrī شيخ ابو الفضل ابن شيخ مبارك ناگورى

Title: Akbar nāmah

Title: اكبر نامه

Official regnal chronicle for the reign of Timurid or Mughal ruler, Emperor Akbar

Consists of the second part of the first daftar

Not dated

Language(s): Persian

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

Filiation: Transcribed from a defective original

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 225 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 240 × 400 mm.

Condition

Very fragile state of preservation

Hand(s)

Rough nastaʿlīq

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 1750 - 1830 CE ; 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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

Availability

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