Delhi Persian 591 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Taz̲kirat al-Salāṭīn-i Chaghatā by Muḥammad Hādī Kāmvar Khān, vol. 1
Contents
The first of two volumes of a history of the Timurids covering the origin of the Turks up to the death of Jahāngīr.
Physical Description
India Office foliation in pencil.
Collation
Catchwords throughout on the bottom-centre of the verso.
Condition
Slightly worm-eaten and damp-stained, loose leaves, detached binding.
Layout
17 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Shikastah-amiz; copied in black ink, with headings in red. Copied by Shimbhū’nāth Kāyath Māthur.
Note on f. ii recto: "This book belong [sic] to Shimbunath and Bishundernath and …[illegible] 9 March 1848."
Note on endpaper: "This belong to [sic] Bishundernath is the son of Shimbunath and Shimbunath is the son of Mohkun(?) Singh and Mohkun(?) Singh is the son of Soornie Singh."
Binding
Red leather binding without flap with ruled and embossed pasted border.
Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 430v).
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Belonged to Shimbunath and Bishundernath in March 1848.
Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859. Administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876.
Acquired by the Government of India in 1876
Record Sources
Based on C.A. Storey's description in Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library vol III Mss Eur E207/6, ff. 50-51. Revised by Ursula Sims-Williams
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