MS. Whinfield 62 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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An account of the affairs of Seringapatam down to A.H. 1213

Title: Dar zikr-i riyāsat-i Rājahā-yi Sīrang Patan
Title: در ذکر ریاست راجه های سیرنگ پتن
Language(s): Persian

References

BP 2477

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: vii + 198 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 5⅜

Layout

Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq. Copied by Shāh Jay Mīrzā

History

Origin: 14th Jumādá I 1223 AH; 8th July 1808 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Sir Edward Henry Whinfield, d. 1922.

The Whinfield manuscripts were bequeathed to the Indian Institute, Oxford, in 1922, and later transferred to the Bodleian Library.

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 1889-1953

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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