IO Islamic 3987 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Irvine Collection
Ahkam-i 'Alamgiri
Contents
1 copy of Aḥkām-i ʿĀlamgīrī by ʿInāyat Allāh Khān ibn Mīrzā Shukr Allāh Khān
Title: Aḥkām-i ʿĀlamgīrī
Title: احكام عالم گيرى
Collection of anecdotes relating to the aḥkām (orders or directions) written on petitions and reports by the Timurid or Mughal prince, Awrangzīb, and later emperor, ʿĀlamgīr I
Language(s): Persian
Transcribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra
Filiation: According to colophon, copied from an original manuscript in the possession of Qāz̤ī Bandah Ḥasan Khān of Benares (Varanasi)
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 27 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 170 × 255 mm.
Additions:
Binding
History
Origin: 22 December 1898 CE ; India
Provenance 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_f122r
Availability
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