Delhi Persian 689D* (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
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1 copy of ʿĀlamgīr'nāmah by Muḥammad Kāẓim ibn Muḥammad Amīn ibn Abū al-Ḥusayn al-Qazvīnī
Substantial fragment from an early copy of the official regnal chronicle commissioned by the Timurid Emperor ʿĀlamgīr I, written by (d. 1092/1681), son of the historian for Emperor Shāh Jahān I, Munshīʾ ‘Amīnā’ Muḥammad Amīn ibn Abū al-Ḥusayn al-Qazvīnī.
The annalist chronicle covers the war of succession leading to the overthrow of Emperor Shāh Jahān I, and Prince Muḥammad Awrangzīb Bahādur’s accession to the throne as emperor, followed by the first ten regnal years.
Defective at end.
Not dated at end.
Annotations.
Basic illumination at beginning.
Neat Indian taʿlīq written at irregular alternating orientations on pale tinted papers.
Stamped and Persian foliation.
Lacking original binding or paper dust wrapper.
Folios unbound; wormholes, cropped, light water stains, creased and stained edges.
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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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