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Tazkirat al-salatin-i Chaghata

1 copy of Taz̲kirat al-salāṭīn-i Chaghatā by Muḥammad Hādī Kāmvar Khān Bahādur

Author: Muḥammad Hādī Kāmvar Khān Bahādur محمّد هادى كامور خان بهادر

Alternative title on title page: Tārīkh-i Chaghatāy

Extract from the larger chronicle of the Timurid or Mughal Empire, beginning with the accession of Emperor Bahādur Shāh I (18 Z̲ū al-ḥijjah 1118 / 23 March 1707) and concluding abruptly with the ultimate year of the reign (regnal year 5) on 1 Shaʿbān 1123 / 14 September 1711

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

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 67 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 165 × 255 mm.

Hand(s)

Rough, but legible nastaʿlīq

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Binding

History

Origin: 19th century CE ; 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/6 6_61r

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