IO Islamic 4084 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Irvine Collection
Ghazipur, biographical history
Contents
Author and title not stated in work
Alternative title on label attached to covers (deleted by William Irvine): Tarikh Badshahan Delhi aur Nowaban Oudh
Alternative title on label attached to covers (most likely added by William Irvine): Account of Sayyad Masud & of Shekh Abdullah & Fazl Ali of [Oudh (?)]
Anonymous collection of biographical notices for notable persons, adminstrators and élites relating to the area of Ghāzīpūr (northwest of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh State), beginning with the town's foundation by Amīr Sayyid Masʿūd Ghāzī (d. 767 / 1365-6), in 730 / 1329-30, and extending to the time of Navvāb ʿAlī ʿAẓīm Khān ibn Shaykh ʿAbd Allāh (d. 1222 / 1807-8)
The narrative is organised into a series of maṭlab and fuṣūl chapters, but without the addition of a preface to explain the work and its organisation
Not dated
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Clear nastaʿlīq-i khafī
Binding
History
Record Sources
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