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1 copy of Bhāʾū'nāmah by Rāʾū Kāshī Rāj

Author: Rāʾū Kāshī Rāj راؤ كاشى راج

Title: Bhāʾū'nāmah

Title: بهاؤ نامه

Title not stated in text

Alternative title on title page: Aḥvāl-i kārnāmah-yi Sadāshiv Rāʾū Bhāʾū

Account of the Maratha leader, Sadashiv Rao Bhao, and the third battle of Panipat (1174 / 1761), in which Maratha forces were defeated by the invading Afghan ruler, Aḥmad Shāh Abdālī

Not dated

Language(s): Persian

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

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 23 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 155 × 230 mm.

Condition

Considerably worm-eaten and repaired with silk gauze

Hand(s)

Rough Indian taʿlīq

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 18th century CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

George Jasper Nicholls, Judge at Benares

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/8 8_95r

Availability

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