Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

IO Islamic 4429 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

Timurid History, untitled

Contents

1 copy of a work by Aḥmad ʿAlī ibn Yūsuf ʿAlī Fayz̤'ābādī

Untitled history of the Timurid Dynasty from its founding to the reign of Emperor Akbar Shah II, although almost half the narrative is devoted to an account of the reign of Emperor Shah ʿAlam, written in 1245/1829-30 at the request of Maharajah Kirat Chand

Not dated

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 94 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 249 × 108 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 19th century CE ; India

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/6_f063r

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