IO Islamic 4539 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Raverty Collection
Excerpts historical and literary
Contents
Collection of miscellaneous literary and historical excerpts, including ʿAmal-i Ṣāliḥ, Iqbālnāmah-'i Jahāngīrī, Akbarnāmah, Jahāngīrnāmah, Tārīkh-i Humāyūnī, ʿĀlamgīrnāmah, Riyāz̤ al-maḥabbat, Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkh, Tārīkh-i Ṭabarī, Maʾās̲ir-i ʿĀlamgīrī, Tārīkh-i Mīrzā Muḥammad Bakhsh, Muntakhab al-tavārīkh, Muntakhab al-Labāb, Tārīkh-i ansāb, Vāqiʿāt-i Mushtāqī, Ṭabaqāt-i Akbarī, Chachnāmah, and so on
Palaeography of Persian follows local Pashtu conventions and some toponyms follow South Asian conventions
IOL stamp dated 9 Nov. 1908
Annotations in Persian and English, possibly by Raverty himself
Covers dismembered, boards detached
Estimated 500 folios approximately in total, plus loose leaves
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