Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

IO Islamic 3994 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Irvine Collection

Bahr al-mavvaj

Contents

1 copy of Baḥr al-mavvāj by Muḥammad ʿAlī Khān Anṣārī

Universal history, with special reference to India

Extract consists of accounts for Timurid or Mughal rulers, extending from the reign of Emperor Farrukh Siyar to Emperor Muḥammad Shāh

The work has been considered to be identical with the Tārīkh-i Muẓaffarī of Muḥammad ʿAlī Khān Anṣārī. However, according to Storey, the present work is distinguished by its tripartite division into volumes

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 103 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 257 × 165 mm.

Hand(s)

Rough nastaʿlīq

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 19th century CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

George Jasper Nicholls

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_f004r

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