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Laṭāʾif al-akhbār by Rashīd Khān

Summary of Contents: Laṭāʾif al-akhbār, called Tārīkh-i Qandahār in the colophon, a detailed account of Dārā Shukūh’s unsuccessful siege of Qandahār in 1063/1653 by Rashīd Khān known as Muḥammad Badīʻ, also called Rashīd Khān Badīʿ al-Zamān or Badīʿ al-Zamān Mahābatkhānī.

Author: Rashīd Khān رشید خان

Title: Laṭā’if al-akhbār

Title: لطائف الاخبار

Title: Tārīkh-i Qandahār

Title: تاریخ قندهار

Colophon: Completed on 17 Rajab 1241 (20 Feb. 1826).

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: ff. i+144+i

Dimensions (leaf): 285 × 180 mm.

Dimensions (written): 210 × 103 mm.

Foliation:

India Office pencilled foliation.

Condition

Some loose leaves.

Layout

17 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink with headings and overlinings in red.

Binding

19th century three-quarter leather marbled board binding; paper paste-downs

Seal(s):

Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 144v).

History

Origin: 17 Rajab 1241 AH (20 Feb 1826) ; 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 E207/6, ff. 108-9. Revised by Ursula Sims-Williams.

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card for admissions procedures contact British Library, Registering for a Reader Pass. For information on catalogues and ordering manuscripts see Finding and ordering Persian manuscripts in the British Library.

Surrogates

Microfilm IOL 356

Bibliography

C.A. Storey, Persian Literature: A Bio-bibliographical Survey, in Storey Online , vol. 1 §733

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