IO Islamic 4042 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Irvine Collection
Ramz va isharaha-yi 'Alamgiri
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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
Transcribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra
Physical Description
Condition
Upper margins damaged by, propbably, white ants; water staining
Hand(s)
Irregular and scrawly Indian taʿlīq
Binding
History
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