IO Islamic 4028 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Irvine Collection

Tazkirat al-'ulama' (Jaunpur), tract

1 copy of Taz̲kirat al-ʿulamāʾ by Khayr al-Dīn Muḥammad Ilāh'ābādī

Author: Khayr al-Dīn Muḥammad Ilāh'ābādī خير الدّين محمّد الٰه آبادى

Taz̲kirah of notices for 28 scholars (ʿulamāʾ) connected with Jawnpūr (Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh), completed 15 Jum. I 1216 / 25 Sept. 1801

Manuscript omits the khātimah (epilogue) containing the author's autobiography: see edition published with an English translation by Muḥammad S̲anāʾ Allāh, Calcutta (Kolkata) 1934

Not dated

Tract 4 of 6

Language(s): Persian

Transcribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 44 ff.; Persian pagination (1-87)

Dimensions (leaf): 220 × 275 mm.

Hand(s)

Very inelegant nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Ḥabīb Allāh Khān

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 1903 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/16 16_88r

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