IO Islamic 3978 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Irvine Collection
Zikr al-siyar
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1 copy of Z̲ikr al-siyar by Ghulām Ḥusayn Khān ibn Muḥammad Himmat Khān
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
Transcribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra
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Inelegant nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz of Bhitrī
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