I.O. Islamic 4563 (St. Pancras, British Library)
Oriental Manuscripts
A volume containing two separate works
Contents
2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Iran History Ṣafavid dynasty and Sindh
1. ff. 1-14
Title: Tārīkh-i Sindh
Title: تاریخ سنده
A very brief anonymous epitome of the history of Sindh down to the accession of the Durrānī Shāh-ʼi Zamān, 1207
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, pages 356-7.
2. ff. 15-177
Title: Tārīkh-i Maʻṣūmī
Title: تاریخ معصومی
The well known history of Sindh
Foll. 178-182 contain an epitome of the history of the Ṣafavid dynasty of Persia down to the death of Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh, فتح على شاه , in 1250
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, pages 354-5.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 182 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 8.3
Dimensions (written): 6.3 × 3.4 in.
Hand(s)
Coarse Indian Nastaʻlīq.
Copyist (except foll. 178-182, which is a later appendage), Muḥammad ʻĀdil, محمد عادل
Decoration
History
Origin: 12 Rabīʻ II, 1242 AH
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on A. J. Arberry: Hand-List of Islamic Manuscripts acquired by the India Office Library, 1936–8. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (New Series) (1939), 71: pp 353-396
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