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Istisal-i Sadat-i Barahah

1 copy of Istīṣāl-i sādāt-i Bārahah by Munavvar ʿAlī Khān

Author: Munavvar ʿAlī Khān منوّر على خان

Copy of lengthy letter of response, originally composed by Sirāj al-Dīn ʿAlī Khān "Ārzū" (d. 1169 / 1756), ordered by the Timurid or Mughal ruler, Emperor Muḥammad Shāh (r. 1131-61 / 1719-48), answering a question raised by the nominal Ṣafavid ruler, Shāh Ṭahmāsp II (r. 1135-44 / 1722-31), describing the careers and decline of the Bārahah (Bārah) sayyids, Sayyid Ḥusayn ʿAlī Khān and Sayyid ʿAbd Allāh Khān

Brief explanatory dībāchah included at beginning (ff. 1v-2v)

Not dated

Language(s): Persian

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

Filiation: Copied from a manuscript in the Khuda Bakhsh Library, Patna

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 18 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 175 × 270 mm.

Hand(s)

Rough, but clear nastaʿlīq

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 1894 CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

Shaykh [Muḥammad] ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz of Bhitrī (Saidpur, Ghazipur District)

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 6_164r

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