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Ramz va isharaha-yi 'Alamgiri

1 copy of Ramz va ishārahā-yi ʿĀlamgīrī by Sīddhah Mal "Rām"

Alternative readings of the author's name suggested by different commentators: Subudh Mal "Rām" (Ivanow), Budh Mal "Rām" (Elliot & Dowson, and Browne)

Excerpts from a larger collection of orders and private letters or shuqqah of the Timurid or Mughal ruler, Emperor ʿĀlamgīr (d. 1707), made in 1152 / 1739-40

Preface (present example is the fuller version), nature and phraseology of letters different from other manuscripts: see IO Islamic 4003, IO Islamic 4004, and Add. 26240

Collection concludes with a section on anecdotes and pronouncements relating to or by ʿĀlamgīr

Written at the request of scribe's brother, Zamān ibn ʿAlī

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: 7 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 155 × 252 mm.

Condition

Upper margins damaged by, propbably, white ants; water staining

Hand(s)

Irregular and scrawly Indian taʿlīq

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 19th century 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/9 9_33r

Availability

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Bibliography

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