IO Islamic 3970 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Irvine Collection

Letters of Tahir Vahid

1 copy of Inshāʾ-i Ṭāhir Vaḥīd by Mīrzā Muḥammad Ṭāhir "Vaḥīd" Qazvīnī

Author: Mīrzā Muḥammad Ṭāhir "Vaḥīd" Qazvīnī ميرزا محمّد طاهر وحيد قزوينى

Title: Inshāʾ-i Ṭāhir Vaḥīd

Title: انشاٴ طاهر وحيد

Collection of official letters, containing important details of the Ṣafavid state and its diplomatic relations

Additional relevance to Ottoman (ʿUs̲mānlī) and Mughal / Timurid diplomacy

Language(s): Persian

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

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 96 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 163 × 255 mm.

Hand(s)

Clear, but inelegant nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Sayyid Valī Allāh of Bhitrī

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 6 November 1911 CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/9

Availability

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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World