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Lutfullah Khan, letters

1 copy of a work by Luṭf Allāh Khān

Title not stated

Fragment from a larger collection of private and offical letters by the statesman and scholar in the reign of the Timurid or Mughal Emperor ʿĀlamgīr I (d. 1707), Shams al-Dawlah Luṭf Allāh Khān Bahādur Mutahavvar Jang called "Ṣādiq-i Nīknām" (d. 18 Shaʿbān 1114 / 1703), son of Emperor Shāh Jahān I's prominent prime minister, Jumlat al-Mulk ʿAllamī Saʿd Allāh Khān Chinyūtī Lāhawrī (d. 1656)

Consists of a total 9 ʿarz̤adāsht or petitions (1 incomplete at beginning)

Not dated

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 6 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 229 × 146 mm.

Condition

Water stained and worm eaten; silk gauze overlay repairs; loss of text on all folios

Hand(s)

Fairly clear nastaʿlīq

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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

Availability

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Bibliography

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