IO Islamic 3977 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Irvine Collection
Savanih-i ghara'ib
Contents
1 copy of Savāniḥ-i gharāʾib by Sayyid Naz̲r ʿAlī ibn Sayyid Farzand ʿAlī ibn Sayyid Hidāyat Allāh Jāʾisī
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
Transcribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra
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Very inelegant nastaʿlīq in watery ink
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