Delhi Persian 1547 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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1 copy of Maʻlūmāt al-āfāq by Amīn al-Dīn Khān Haravī
Maʻlūmāt al-āfāq (Knowledge of the Horizons), an illustrated geography by Amīn al-Dīn Khān ibn Sayyid Abū al-Makārim Amīr Khān Ḥusaynī Haravī on the seven climes, their marvels and natural products and including a gazetteer of the principal towns. Mention of the Emperor Aurangzeb as deceased gives a date of composition of after 1707 (See Storey, Persian Literature II, p. 142 and Simon Digby, “Beyond the Ocean: Perceptions of Overseas in Indo-Persian Sources of the Mughal Period”, Studies in History 15.2 ns (1999), pp. 256-8).
Preceded by a list of contents (ff. 1v-4r). Profusely illustrated.
ff. 189; 15 lines per page; nastaʻliq; rubrications; ruled margins; ill.; dated 28 Sha’ban 1226 (17 Sep. 1811)
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Original board preserved in IOL binding of 1921.
History
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Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876.
1876
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