IO Islamic 3988 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Irvine Collection

Jahandarnamah

1 copy of Jahāndār Shāh'nāmah by Nūr al-Dīn ibn Burhān al-Dīn Fārūqī

Author: Nūr al-Dīn ibn Burhān al-Dīn Fārūqī نور الدّين ابن برهان الدّين فاروقى

Privately written account of the the wars of succession following the death of Timurid or Mughal Emperor Bahādur Shāh, the succession of his eldest son, Prince Muʿizz al-Dīn, as Emperor Jahāndār Shāh I, in 1124/1712, and his subsequent defeat and death at the hands of his nephew, who succeeded soon after as the Emperor Farrukhsiyar

Preface contains a detailed autobiographical summary

Language(s): Persian

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

Filiation: According to note (f. 1r), copied from an original manuscript in the possession of "the Jaunpur Quazi's family"

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 62 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 165 × 251 mm.

Hand(s)

Inelegant nastaʿlīq

. Scribe: Muḥammad ʿAlī Aṣghar of Bhitrī

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 1892 CE Benares (Varanasi) ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

George Jasper Nicholls

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_f143r

Availability

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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World