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'Ahdnamah-yi Aurangzeb ba-Muradbakhsh
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1 copy of ʿAhd'nāmah-'i Awrangzīb ba-Murād Bakhsh by Sulṭān Muḥammad Awrangzīb Bahādur
Details the terms of a pact (circa 1658) between the Timurid or Mughal princes Murād Bakhsh (then 'Emperor' of Gujarat) and Awrangzīb (succeeded later as Emperor ʿĀlamgīr), principally against their eldest brother, Dārā Shukūh, accused of heresy and the usurpation of Emperor Shāh Jahān's throne (then convalescing from illness)
Copy of letter found in the Ādāb-i ʿĀlamgīrī
Not dated
Language(s): PersianTranscribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from AgraCopied from an original manuscript belonging to the library of
Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 2 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 155 × 255 mm.Hand(s)
Clear nastaʿlīq
. Scribe: Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz of Bhitrī
Additions:Binding
History
Origin: 1898 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_f124rAvailability
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