Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

IO Islamic 3980 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Irvine Collection

Tarikh-i Muhammadi

Contents

1 copy of Tārīkh-i Muḥammadī by Muḥammad ibn Rustam Muʿtamad Khān ibn Qubād

Preface, heading of prolegomenon (muqaddimah) only, and necrology (covering 1050-1208/1640-1794) from a general history, starting with the first year of the Hijrī era, composed in 1124/1712

According to Storey, the present manuscript is less accurate than the set I.O.Islamic 3889-3890

Not dated

Language(s): Persian

Transcribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra

Filiation: According to Irvine's note (f. 1r), copied from an original manuscript in the possession of Mīr Faz̤l ʿAlī of Farrukhābād, heir of Muftī Valī Allāh (Waliullah)

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 105 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 180 × 270 mm.

Hand(s)

Small and neat nastaʿlīq

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 1893 CE ; 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/5

Availability

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Bibliography

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Funding of Cataloguing

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