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Ibrat-i arbab-i basar
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1 copy of ʿIbrat-i arbāb-i baṣar
Title: ʿIbrat-i arbāb-i baṣarTitle: عبرت ارباب بصرHistory of Bengal from the fall of Sarfarāz Khān in 1151/1738-9 to the death of Sirāj al-Dawlah in 1170/1757
Composed in a series of chronogrammatic sentences yielding the year of completion, 1170, by an author who does not state his name
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Language(s): PersianTranscribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra
Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 18 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 175 × 270 mm.Additions:Binding
History
Origin: 28 May 1893 CE ; IndiaProvenance and Acquisition
Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz of Bhitrī
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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_f264rAvailability
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