IO Islamic 4080 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Irvine Collection
Two works on Mogul history
Contents
Collection of two separate works relating to eighteenth-century Timurid or Mughal history
Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Hand(s)
History
a
Contents
Brief fragment recounting the violent overthrow of the Timurid or Mughal Emperor Shāh ʿĀlam and the temporary installation of Prince Bīdārbakht as Emperor Jahān Shāh II by the rebel Ghulām Qādir Khān, in opposition to Mahādjī Sindhiyah and the Maratha confederacy, in 1790
William Irvine attributes the origins of the fragment to the work Tofa Taza (Tuḥfah-'i tāzah)
Not dated
Physical Description
History
b
Contents
Compilation of multiple antiphonal exchanges between the rulers Nādir Shāh and Muḥammad Shāh in short mas̲navī compositions
Sourses not identified
Not dated
Physical Description
History
Additional Information
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