IO Islamic 3990 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Irvine Collection

Bahadurshahnamah

1 copy of Bahādur Shāh'nāmah by Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad Dānishmand Khān

Author: Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad Dānishmand Khān نور الدّين محمّد دانشمند خان

Alternative titles stated on the title page: 1) Rūznāmachah-yi Bahādur Shāhī, 2) Pādshāh'nāmah

Official regnal chronicle for the reign of Timurid or Mughal Emperor Bahādur Shāh I (r. 1707-1712) by Mīrzā Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad "ʿĀlī", entitled successively Niʿmat Khān, Muqarrab Khān, and Dānishmand Khān (d. 1 Rabīʿ I 1122 / 30 April 1710, at Delhi)

Not dated

Language(s): Persian

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

Filiation: Copied from an original manuscript obtained from Bareilly, through Mr. Kitts, Judge of Bareilly

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 137 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 160 × 250 mm.

Hand(s)

Rough nastaʿlīq

Additions:

Sheet of William Irvine's notes between ff. 51-52

Binding

History

Origin: 19th century CE Benares (Varanasi) ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_f136r

Availability

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