Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

IO Islamic 4031 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Irvine Collection

Ta'rikh-i Iradat Khan

Contents

1 copy of Tārīkh-i Irādat Khān by Mubārak Allāh Vāz̤iḥ

Author entitled Irādat Khān, with the takhalluṣ or pseudonym Vāz̤iḥ

Autobiography relating events from the death of Aurangzeb as Timurid or Mughal Emperor ʿĀlamgīr I (d. 1118 / 1707) to Emperor Farrukh Siyar's entry into Shāhjahānābād (Delhi) 7 years later, in Muḥarram 1125 / 1713. The account thus covers the wars of succession and reigns of Bahādur Shāh, Jahāndār Shāh, and Farrukh Siyar

Work completed by author in 1126 / 1714

Account comprises a little over half of the narrative

Bound between the opening leaves of the ʿIbratnāmah of Muḥammad ibn Muʿtamad Khān

Not dated

Language(s): Persian

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Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ff. 4v-64r
Dimensions (leaf): 129 × 151 mm.

Hand(s)

Clear nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz

Additions:

Copious notes by William Irvine attached at beginning and end of volume

Binding

History

Origin: 19th century CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

George Jasper Nicholls

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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

Availability

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Bibliography

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Funding of Cataloguing

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