RSPA 13 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
Siyar al-Mutaʾakhkhirīn
Contents
Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Muqaddimat Siyar al-Mutaʾakhkhirīn by Ghulām Ḥusayn Khān Ṭabāṭaḅāʼī; 1 copy of Siyar al-Mutaʾakhkhirīn by Ghulām Ḥusayn Khān Ṭabāṭaḅāʼī; 1 copy of Siyar al-Mutaʾakhkhirīn by Ghulām Ḥusayn Khān ṬabāṭaḅāʼīLanguage(s): Persian
1.Title: مقدمة سیر المتأخرینOn f1v, there is a note which reads "W Jones 8th March 1788 sent to F. Gladwin". Gladwin was a professor of Persian literature at Fort William College in Bengal and long time associate of Jones.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله رب العالمین ونصلی علی نبیه الکریم وآله المعصومینExplicit: وجهت اقتدار مارنا حقوق همین بندگی ونیکو خد منتهی بودColophon: تم الکلام فی هذا المقام سنه 1197 هجری نبوبه صلی الله علیه وسلم2.Author: Ghulām Ḥusayn Khān ṬabāṭaḅāʼīTitle: Siyar al-MutaʾakhkhirīnIncipit: ستایش بیقیاس وستایش سرمدی اساس نثار بارکاهExplicit: مطابق سنه یکهزار ویکصد وپبحاه وسوم هجری نبوی صلی الله علیه وآله بزبان قلم داده آید منه الاعانه والتوفیق وخیر راحم وشفیق.Colophon: تم الکلام فی هذا المقام يوم الاحد ست عشرين من المحرم في سنة خمس وتسعين من المائة الثانية بعد الألف من الهجرة المقدسة على صاحبه السلام والتحية.This is the first part of the text. The second part of the text is continued on f636v.
3.Author: Ghulām Ḥusayn Khān ṬabāṭaḅāʼīTitle: Siyar al-MutaʾakhkhirīnIncipit: حمد وثتای پادشاه علی الاطلاقExplicit: سید المرسلین محمد خاتم البین وعائلته المعصومین الطیبین الطاهرین علیه وعلیهم السلام والصلوة الی یوم الدینColophon: یوم الثلثا تسع خلون من شهر رمضان المبارک المعظم فی سلک شهور سنة خمس وتسعین من المایه الثانیه عشرمن الهجره النبویه علی صاحبها السلام والتحیهBoth the date mentioned at the end of this section and the date at the previous section are presumably garbled. The date mentioned translates to the year 1881. Undoubtedly it ought to read 1195AH which would be 1781AD.
At the end of the section section after the colophon, there is a note which reads "This book is the property of Sir William Jones and was lent to Francis Gladwin Esq. 8th March 1788".
Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: Thin cream woven paper.Extent: ff.iv+721+iiiDimensions (leaf): 320 × 225 mm.Dimensions (written): 250 × 150 mm.Foliation:Infrequent European numerals in pencil. There is also some, very limited, Perso-Arabic numeral foliation in black ink which follows a different sequence.
Condition
Spine is cracked, as is the binding. Some folios are coming loose from the binding. There are stains, smudges and marks on several folios and some folios have stuck together. Worm damage.
Layout
Hand(s)
Neat black ink nastaʿlīq with rubrications.
Decoration
Additions:There are some Persian annotations and additions in the margins throughout the manuscript.
On f0v and f1r, Jones writes the title and notes that the "first part was copied verbatim, according to F. Gladwin, from the Maasir-i-Alamgiri"
Binding
Red leather European-style Indian binding.
Accompanying Material
There is a letter which accompanies the manuscript. The letter is from F. Gladwin, who thanks him for giving him Schulten's third book and gives him this manuscript, explaining the contents and where the first section was copied from ('Sajan Bey' and the Maʿāsir-i ʿĀlamgīrī).
History
Origin: 1782 - 1783 CE ; IndiaProvenance 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 Sir William 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. XIIIAvailability
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