IO Islamic 3998 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Irvine Collection
Haft Iqlim, Selections
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1 copy of Intikhāb-i haft iqlīm by Fayz̤ Allāh Anṣārī Jawnpūrī "Himmat"
Althernative title: Muntakhab-i haft iqlīm
Althernative title: Ḥālāt-i Jawnpūr
Abridgement of the Timurid or Mughal-period geographical history, Haft iqlīm of Amīn ibn Aḥmad Rāzī, at the request of Lālah Rām Dayāl (the qānūn-gū of Jaunpur), made in regnal year 24 of Emperor Shāh ʿĀlam, 1196/1782
Excerpts, consisting of preface and portion on history of Jaunpur under the Sharqī Sulṭān dynasty
Preface additionally based on another local history, the Mirʾāt al-asrār (author unnamed)
Version of preface differs from another BL copy of the manuscript dedicated to Vajīh al-Dīn ʿAlī Khān (Ethé 727)
Not dated
Transcribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from AgraCopied from an original manuscript belonging to the library of
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History
Provenance and Acquisition
Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz of Bhitrī
1913-08-15
William Irvine
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