IO Islamic 4038 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Irvine Collection
History of Azamgarh
Contents
Title not stated in text
Alternative title on title page: Tārīkh-i Aʿẓamgadh
Author's name not stated in text
Anonymous history of Azamgarh, extending from Abhimān Rāy to 1887
Discrete section (ff. 37v-39v), entitled Kursīnāmah, on the genealogy (shajrah) of kings (rājah hā)
Printed Hindi text on reverse of title page (folio before f. 1)
Transcribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra
Physical Description
Hand(s)
By at least 2 hands: 1) bold and attenuated nastaʿlīq with taʿlīq flourishes, unsigned; 2) rough, evidently rushed nastaʿlīq, signed: Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz
Binding
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz of Bhitrī
1913-08-15
William Irvine
Record Sources
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