IO Islamic 4008 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Irvine Collection
Halat-i Nadir Shah
Contents
1 copy of Ḥālāt-i Nādir Shāh by Amar
No title stated in text
Account of Nādir Shāh's invasion of the Timurid or Mughal Empire
This work unusually combines Persian prose and lively, almost satirical, Hindavi verses
Author was a resident of Chanderi
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
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Rough nastaʿlīq
Large bifolio sheet of notes, possibly by William Irvine, at end (f. 9)
Binding
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz of Bhitrī
1913-08-15
William Irvine
Record Sources
Availability
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