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'Ishrat kadah-yi afaq of Chandu La'l Shadan

1 copy of ʿIshrat kadah-'i āfāq by Chandū Laʿl "Shādān"

Author: Chandū Laʿl "Shādān" چندو لعل شادان

Work of mixed prose and verse by Mahārājah Chandū Laʿl bearing the takhalluṣ "Shādān", connecting his family's history with the foundations of the Āṣafjāhī state and his patron, the Nizam of Hydrabad, Sikandar Jāh ibn Niẓām ʿAlī (d. 1244/1829), for whom he was prime minister

The work consists of 3 parts following a short preface: 1) historical and autobiographical material (beginning f. 6r); 2) versified (beginning f. 41r); and 3) edifying tales (beginning f. 49r)

Ornamented beginning with ʿunvān

Note dated

Rare

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 185 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 203 × 127 mm.

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History

Origin: 19th century CE ; India, Hyderabad

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/18_f069r

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MSS Eur E207/18_f069r

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