IO Islamic 4047 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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Fathiyyah-yi 'ibriyyah or Ta'rikh-i Asham
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1 copy of Fatḥīyah-'i ʿibrīyah by Shihāb al-Dīn Ṭālish ibn Muḥammad Valī Aḥmad
Title: Fatḥīyah-'i ʿibrīyahTitle: فتحيّهٔ عبريّهAlternative title: ‘Tārīkh-i Āshām’ and ‘Fatḥīyah-yi ʿibratīyah’
Fragment from a larger historical account of the military expedition sent to conquer Kuch Bihar and Assam (1072-3) by Mīr Muḥammad Saʿīd Ardistānī. entitled Muʿaẓẓam Khān Khānkhānān the sipāhsālār, also entitled Mīr Jumlah (d. 2 Ram. 1073/5 Oct. 1663), the former Quṭbshāhī minister, in the reign of the Timurid or Mughal Emperor, ʿĀlamgīr I, by the author Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad Ṭālish ibn Muḥammad Valī
Defective at both ends: beginning with the latter part of the preface and ending abruptly with Farhād Khān's departure for Lucknow
Not dated
Annotated by William Irvine at end; corrections and annotations in Persian throughout
Language(s): PersianCopied from an original =-=-=-=-
Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 45 ff (+1): begins f. 69; ends f. 114Dimensions (leaf): 215 × 140 mm.Hand(s)
Awkward nastaʿlīq and Indian taʿlīq
History
Origin: 18th century CE ; IndiaAvailability
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