IO Islamic 3996A (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Summary of Contents: Hidāyat al-qavāʼid (Guidance on Administrative Regulations) by Hidāyat Allāh Bihārī, composed in 1126/1714-15 (f. 2r), detailing the duties and functions of the different Mughal offices.
Author: Hidāyat Allāh Bihārī هدایت الله بهاری
Title: Hidāyat al-qavāʼid
Title: هدایت القوائد
Colophon: (f. 19r): Copied for William Irvine from a manuscript in Jaunpur by ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz of Bhitrī, Saidpur, Ghazipur district on 8 January 1898.
Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 19 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 254 × 165 mm.

Hand(s)

Rough and rushed nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz

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Binding

History

Origin: 8 January 1898 CE ; Jaunpur (UP), India

Provenance and Acquisition

Sent to William Irvine and received by him 5 February 1898, no 251.

The Irvine collection was purchased by the India Office Library on 15 August 1913.

Record Sources

Manuscript description by Ursula Sims-Williams in 2026 with reference to the volume in hand.

Availability

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Bibliography

    Sir Jadunath Sarkar, Mughal Administration (Calcutta: M.C. Sarkar and Sons, 1953), p.262
    Shri Ram Sharma, A bibliography of Mughal India (1526-1707 A.D.) (Bombay: Karnatak Publishing House, 1938), pp. 124-6, under the title Hidāyat al-qawānīn.

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