Delhi Persian 671 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
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1 copy of Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirīn by Sayyid Ghulām Ḥusayn Khān Ṭabāṭabāʾī
Voluminous history of Timurid or Mughal India, the Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirīn, by Sayyid Ghulām Ḥusayn Khān Ṭabāṭabāʾī (b. 1727), who completed his work in dār al-amārat Kalkattah (Calcutta/Kolkata), Tuesday, 10 Ṣafar 1243/4 September 1827, and presented through the aegis of the secretary for the Company’s dār al-inshāʾ, Andrew Sterling, to the Governor-General, the first Earl [William Pitt] Amherst of Arakan (in office 1823-8).
Dated colophon: completed by 17 Shaʿbān 1261/21 August 1845.
Rough nastaʿlīq declining into shikastah āmīz; neat nastaʿlīq in a secondary hand.
Not foliated.
Lacking original covers.
Severely damaged and delaminating leather binding exposing inner matter.
Folios mostly unbound; wormholes, cropped, light water stains, creases and fold, stained edges.
Condition quite fragile.
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History
Provenance and Acquisition
Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876
1876
Government of India
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