IO Islamic 4060 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Irvine Collection

Gulistan-i Rahmat, continuation

1 copy of Z̤amīmah-yi gulistān-i Raḥmat by Muḥammad Mustajāb Khān

Author: Muḥammad Mustajāb Khān محمّد مستجاب خان

Account of Fayz̤ Allāh Khān, ruler of Rampur (Uttar Pradesh, India) and his descendents, with special reference to the author's father, Ḥāfiẓ Raḥmat Khān

Written in 1233 / 1817-8, at the suggestion of Charles Elliot, translator of the Gulistān-i Raḥmat

Language(s): Persian

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Filiation: Copied from an original manuscript belonging to the library of Qāz̤ī Tajammul Ḥusayn Khān, the raʾīs (gentleman or leader) of Moradabad (UP)

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 18 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 230 × 135 mm.

Hand(s)

Rough nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz of Bhitrī

Binding

History

Origin: 9 October 1896 CE ; 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/7

Availability

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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World