Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

IO Islamic 3971 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Irvine Collection

Zikr al-siyar

Contents

1 copy of Z̲ikr al-siyar by Ghulām Ḥusayn Khān ibn Muḥammad Himmat Khān

History of Mogul or Timurid Empire, from Nādir Shāh's sack of Delhi in 1151/1738-9 to the end of Shāh ʿĀlam's reign, in 1221/1806

The title is an abjad-based tāʾrīkh (yielding 1221)

Single work in 2 fascicules bound together

Not dated at end

Language(s): Persian

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: 2 fascicules of different dimensions
Extent: 338 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 270 × 170 mm.
Dimensions (leaf): 254 × 160 mm.

Hand(s)

Rough nastaʿlīq in watery ink; different hands

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 1897 - 1898 CE Benares (Varanasi) ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz of Bhitrī

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/6

Availability

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Bibliography

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Funding of Cataloguing

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