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Zikr al-siyar

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

Author: Ghulām Ḥusayn Khān ibn Muḥammad Himmat Khān غلام حسين خان ابن محمّد همّت خان

Abridged version of an earlier history of the same name covering the Timurid or Mughal Empire, from Nādir Shāh's sack of Delhi in 1151/1738-9 to the end of Emperor Shāh ʿĀlam's reign, in 1221 / 1806

The prose of this version simplifies the earlier rhetorical style

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

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

Extent: 187 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 205 × 330 mm.

Hand(s)

Inelegant nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz of Bhitrī

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Binding

History

Origin: 1891 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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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