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'Ibratnamah

1 copy of ʿIbrat'nāmah by Sayyid Muḥammad Qāsim Ḥusaynī Lāhawrī "ʿIbrat"

Author: Sayyid Muḥammad Qāsim Ḥusaynī Lāhawrī "ʿIbrat" سيّد محمّد قاسم حسينى لاهورى عبرت

History of the Timurids or Mughals, extending from the death of Emperor ʿĀlamgīr I (Awrangzīb, d. 1707) to the fall of the Bārahah Sayyids, in 1133 / 1721

The work was completed in 1135 / 1722-3

Not dated

Language(s): Persian

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

Filiation: Copied from a manuscript belonging to an unnamed muftī's library, Bareilly

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 119 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 175 × 270 mm.

Hand(s)

Clear, but gradually deteriorating nastaʿlīq

. Scribe: [Muḥammad] ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz of Bhitrī (?)

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 19th century CE Benares (Varanasi) ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/6 6_155r

Availability

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Bibliography

6_155r

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