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Savanih-i ahval-i Ashob

1 copy of Savāniḥ-i ʿumrī-yi Āshūb by Mīrzā Muḥammad Bakhsh "Āshūb" ibn Muḥammad Ghiyās̲

Author: Mīrzā Muḥammad Bakhsh "Āshūb" ibn Muḥammad Ghiyās̲ ميرزا محمّد بخش آشوب ابن محمّد غياث

Alternatively known by the title: Sharḥ-i aḥvāl-i Āshūb

Alternative title stated on title page (f. 1r): Savāniḥ-i ʿumrī-yi Mirzā Muḥammad Bakhsh mutakhalluṣ bah Āshūb va khānadān-i ū

Brief autobiography, generally lacking chronological details

Supplementary account of the author's ancestors follows autobiography

Lacking addition account of Ashob's elder brother, Muẓaffar Ḥusayn 'Ḥusayn'

Language(s): Persian

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

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 17 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 160 × 208 mm.

Hand(s)

Clear nastaʿlīq

Additions:

William Irvine's copious notes and the author's genealogical tree included before the title page

Heavily annotated throughout

Binding

History

Origin: 17 March 1888 CE Mirzāpūr ; 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_6r

Availability

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Bibliography

16_6r

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