Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

IO Islamic 4550 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Irvine Collection

Tarikh-i Muzaffari

Contents

1 copy of Tārīkh-i Muẓaffarī by Muḥammad ʻAlī Khān Anṣārī

A history of the Mughals completed originally in 1202 (1787-8) but subsequently continued to a later date, by Muḥammad ʻAlī Khān Anṣārī. This copy extends to the death of Āṣaf al-Dawlah in 1212 (1797).

Copy transcribed for A. Kinloch Forbes.

Lacuna of two blank leaves after f. 216.

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 247 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 450 × 292 mm.
Additions: Rubrications; many spaces for headings; overlinings in red

Binding

History

Origin: 29 Muḥarram 1266 AH; 15 December 1849 CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

A. Kinloch Forbes

1931-05--05

A. Kinloch Forbes

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_f065r

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