IO Islamic 3977 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Irvine Collection

Savanih-i ghara'ib

1 copy of Savāniḥ-i gharāʾib by Sayyid Naz̲r ʿAlī ibn Sayyid Farzand ʿAlī ibn Sayyid Hidāyat Allāh Jāʾisī

Author: Sayyid Naz̲r ʿAlī ibn Sayyid Farzand ʿAlī ibn Sayyid Hidāyat Allāh Jāʾisī سيّد نذر على ابن سيّد فرزند على ابن سيّد هدايت الله جائسى

Title: Savāniḥ-i gharāʾib

Title: سوانح غرائب

Brief history of the Navvābs of Bengal, with an account of contemporary events in Allahabad (Ilāhābād) and Oudh (Avadh)

Begins with the reign of Muḥammad Jaʿfar Khān to the death of Shujāʿ al-Dawlah, in 1188 / 1775

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: 52 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 340 mm.

Hand(s)

Very inelegant nastaʿlīq in watery ink

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 1892 CE Ghazipur ; 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/6

Availability

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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World