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1 copy of Shāhnāmah-i Aḥmad Shāh Abdālī by Ḥāfiẓ, Pushto poet

Author: Ḥāfiẓ, Pushto poet حافظ
Title: Shāhnāmah-i Aḥmad Shāh Abdālī
Title: شاهنامه احمد شاه ابدالي

A history of Aḥmad Shāh Durrānī in masnavi form

Incipit: اول ثنا ده د سبحان چه پادشاه دي د جهان
Colophon: دستخط بنده علي محمد چهار یاري
Language(s): Pushto

References

Mackenzie no.51

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 124 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 23 × 14 cm.

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History

Origin: 18th century CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on James Fuller Blumhardt and D.N MacKenzie : Catalogue of Pashto manuscripts in the British Isles, 1965.

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