IO Islamic 3976 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Irvine Collection

Shah'alamnamah

1 copy of Shāh ʿĀlam'nāmah by Ghulām ʿAlī Khān ibn Bikhārī Khān

Author: Ghulām ʿAlī Khān ibn Bikhārī Khān غلام على خان ابن بكهارى خان

Title: Shāh ʿĀlam'nāmah

Title: شاه عالم نامه

Official regnal chronicle for the reign of Emperor Shāh ʿĀlam

Consisting of a large part of the second volume only

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: 50 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 240 × 335 mm.

Hand(s)

Clear nastaʿlīq

. Scribe: Muḥammad Aṣghar ibn Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz of Bhitrī

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: July 1891 CE Bhitrī, Ghāzīpūr District ; 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World