IO Islamic 4019 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Irvine Collection
Razmistan
Contents
1 copy of Razmistān by Amar Singh "Khvush Dil"
Alternative title stated on title page: Shāh'nāmah-'i Hind
Alternative title: Bazm-i khayāl
Versified (mas̲navī) account imitating Firdawsī's Shāhnāmah, narrating Indian history, especially from the British period
According to the short prose dībāchah, the work was completed at Benares (Varanasi) on 10 Z̲ū al-ḥijjah 1211 / 1797, and written at the request of Mr Alexander Duncan (Mistar Alig Zandar Dankayn Ṣāḥib Muẓaffar Jang), the nāẓim or governor of Benares
Not dated
Transcribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Small and inelegant nastaʿlīq
Binding
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz of Bhitrī
1913-08-15
William Irvine
Record Sources
Availability
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