MS. Ouseley 66, 67 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
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A general history from beginning to A.H. 658= A.D. 1259, when it was composed by the author
Title: Ṭabaqāt-i NāṣirīTitle: طبقات ناصریIncipit: بعد از وظایف حمد و سپاس و شکر بی قیاسColophon: كتب المنهاج بن سراج في الخامس من شهر ربيع الاول سنه خمسين وستمايهLanguage(s): PersianThe greater part of the first page is torn away
The author was born at Fīrūzkūh in Khurāsan A.H. 589, and came to India A.H. 624, where he became a high offcial of Nāṣir al-Dīn Maḥmūd bin Altamish to whom this work is inscribed
fol. 3bTitle: The prophetsfol. 40bTitle: The first four Caliphs and the Imamsfol. 49bTitle: The Banū Umayyahfol. 55aTitle: The AbbasidsHere the title is missing
fol. 71aTitle: The kings of Persia down to Yazdagirdfol. 96aTitle: The history of Yamanfol. 105aTitle: The Ṭāhiridsfol. 108bTitle: The Ṣaffāridesfol. 114aTitle: The Sāmānidesfol. 120bTitle: The Būyidesfol. 123bTitle: The Ghaznawidesfol. 135aTitle: The Saljuqidesfol. 149bTitle: The Sanjariyyah kingsfol. 154aTitle: The kings of Nīmrūz and Sijistānfol. 160bTitle: The Kurdiyyah kingsfol. 167bTitle: The Khwārizmshāhsfol. 180bTitle: The Ghūridesfol. 218bTitle: The kings of Bāmyān and Ṭukhāristānfol. 224aTitle: The Shansabāniyyah Sulṭāns of Ghaznafol. 236aTitle: The Muʻizziyyah Sulṭāns of Hindūstānfol. 250aTitle: The Shamsiyyah Sulṭāns of Hindūstānfol. 280bTitle: An account of the eminent men who served under the Shamsiyyah dynastyThe title is missing
fol. 323a-384bTitle: On the inroads of the infidels, C'ingizkhān and his descendantsReferences
E 16Nassua, Lees, Materials, etc. p. 30 sq.W. Morley, pp. 21-25C. Stewart, p. 7J. Aumer, p. 67Rieu i. p. 72Elliot, Hist of India, ii. pp. 259-383 where extensive extracts are givenPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: 384 ff. (the first volume, ff. 1-192; the second, ff. 193-384)Dimensions (leaf): 8¾ × 4¾ in.Layout
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Nastaʻlīq
History
Origin: 5th Rabīʻ I 658 AH; 19th February 1260 CEProvenance and Acquisition
The collections of Sir William Ouseley, d. 1842.
Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1843.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917.; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953Availability
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