Or 166 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Memoirs of the Mughal emporers Babur and Humayun up to AH 962/ AD 1554 by Humayun's sister Princess Gulbadan

Author: Gulbadan, Begam, 1524-1603 گلبدن، بيگم
Title: Aḥvāl-i Humāyūn pādshāh
Title: احوال همایون پادشاه
Title: Humāyūn'nāmah
Title: همایون نامه
Incipit: حکم شده بود که آنچه از واقعه فردوس مکانی و حضرت جنت آشیانی میدانسته باشید بنویسید

Incomplete at end

Language(s): Persian

References

Rieu, p. 246

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 83 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 23 × 14 cm.

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History

Origin: India; 11th century AH; 17th century CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchased from the widow of Col. George W. Hamilton in April 1868

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on C. Rieu: Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum. London, 1879-83

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