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Fragment, Vaqa'i'-i diyar-i maghrib

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Title ascribed to this work (Vaqāʾiʿ-i diyār-i maghrib) appears to be of doubtful authenticity

Untitled excerpt from an anonymous history of Afghanistan, which (according to William Irvine) may be part of an early draft of the (Tārīkh-i) Ḥusayn Shāhī by Imām al-Dīn Ḥusaynī Chishtī, covering the reigns of Aḥmad Shāh Durrānī and Tīmūr Shāh

Written around 1212 / 1797-8

Language(s): Persian

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Filiation: Copied at the behest of Mr Roberts from a worm-eaten and perishing manuscript, apparently from Benares
Author: Imām al-Dīn Ḥusaynī Chishtī

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 42 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 205 × 162 mm.

Hand(s)

Rough nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz

Additions:

Additional notes at the end

Binding

History

Origin: 18 April 1890 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/8

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