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1 copy of Mujmil al-Tārīkh baʿd-i Nādiriyyah by Abū 'l-Ḥasan Ibn Muḥammad Amīn Gulistānah

Language(s): Persian

Title: Mujmil al-Tārīkh baʿd-i Nādiriyyah
Title: مجمل التاریخ بعد نادریه

On the final page, the date 1196AH, or 1782, is mentioned which suggests the manuscript is late eighteenth century. This is not, however, a date signature on the manuscript.

Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله رب العالمین والصلوة والسلام علی خیر خلقه محمد.
Explicit: وابو الفتح خان را با مردان شهر درمی صره دارد.
Colophon: والسلام علی من التبع الهدی
Author: Abū 'l-Ḥasan Ibn Muḥammad Amīn Gulistānah ابو الحسن ابن محمد امین گلستانه

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Thin cream woven paper with guards and supports.
Extent: ff.ii+333+iv
Dimensions (leaf): 235 × 165 mm.
Dimensions (written): 160 × 90 mm.
Foliation:

European numerals in pencil.

Condition

Excellent condition. Some stains and smudges.

Layout

Hand(s)

Thick-line black ink nastaʿlīq with frequent rubrications.

Decoration

Additions:

On f1v, William Jones has signed his name above the basmalah.

Frequent marginal additions in Persian throughout the manuscript.

Binding

Standard India Office half leather binding with wine coloured marbled endpapers.

Accompanying Material

History

Origin: 1782 - 1792 CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

RSPA 1-118 were presented to the Royal Society in January 1792 by Sir William and Lady Jones. According to Wilkins, this manuscript was presented by Lady Jones.

The Royal Society's collection of 280 Persian and Arabic, and 86 Sanskrit manuscripts were transferred to the India Office Library in 1876.

1876

India Office Library

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on E. Denison Ross and E. G. Browne, Catalogue of two collections of Persian and Arabic manuscripts preserved in the India Office Library (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1902), p. 8 no. XII

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