IO Islamic 4003 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Irvine Collection

Ramz va isharaha-yi 'Alamgiri

1 copy of Ramz va ishārahā-yi ʿĀlamgīrī

Anonymously compiled, incomplete collection of orders and private letters or shuqqah (19 in total) of the Timurid or Mughal ruler, Emperor ʿĀlamgīr (d. 1707)

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 defective manuscript completed at Ramnagar by Shaykh Asad Allāh valad-i Shaykh Ghulām Ghaws̲, on 29 Rabīʿ II 1230, in the Faṣlī year 1222 (1815 CE)

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 42 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 160 × 253 mm.

Hand(s)

Clear nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz of Bhitrī (Sayyidpūr)

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 7 November 1899 CE Benares (Varanasi, UP) ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/9 9_36r

Availability

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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World