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Account of Maratha Wars

Title lacking, endorsed on title page as Tavārīkh-i Pūnā

Author identified on title page as ʿAlī Ibrāhīm Khān Bahādur, resident of Benares

Untitled account of Maratha wars from 1171-1199 / 1757-1785

Written by author in Benares (Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India), in 1201 / 1786-7

Not dated

Language(s): Persian

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

Filiation: Manuscript copied from an original in the library of Muftī Shams al-Ḥasan Khān, through the mediation and aid of Mistar Kīts Ṣāḥib Bahādur (Mr Kitts), Judge, Bareilly District, Rohelkhand (Uttar Pradesh State)

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 52 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 160 × 208 mm.

Hand(s)

Rough nastaʿlīq

, inclining to right. Scribe: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz of Bhitrī

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 16 January 1896 CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz of Bhitrī

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/7 7_69r

Availability

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Bibliography

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