Delhi Persian 605 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

Tārīkh-i Nādirī by Muḥammad Maḥdī Khān Astarābādī

Summary of Contents: Tārīkh-i Nādirī or Tārīkh-i Jahāngushā-yi Nādirī, a history of Nādir Shāh by Mīrzā Muḥammad Mahdī Khān “Kawkab” ibn Muḥammad Naṣīr Astarābādī.

Author: Mīrzā Mahdī Khān Astarābādī, fl. 1733-1759 میرزا مهدى خان استرآبادى

Title: Tārīkh-i Nādirī

Title: تاریخ نادری

Title: Tārīkh-i Jahāngushā-yi Nādirī

Title: تاریخ جهانگشای نادری

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: ff. i+309

Dimensions (leaf): 300 × 200 mm.

Dimensions (written): 210 × 116 mm.

Foliation:

India Office stamped foliation.

Collation

Catchwords on the bottom-centre of the verso.

Condition

Outer edges repaired; without binding.

Layout

13 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink, with headings in red.

Decoration

Illuminated polychrome headpiece (f. 1v).

Text frame in red, gold and black, with single black outer page frame.

Additions:

Marginal comments and miscellaneous notes on folio 309v.

Seal(s):

Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 309v).

History

Origin: Undated, probably 18th century CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

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 E207/8, ff. 65-6. . Revised by Ursula Sims-Williams

Availability

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Bibliography

C.A. Storey, Persian Literature: A Bio-bibliographical Survey, in Storey Online , vol. 1, #407 (1)

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