Or 5744 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Oriental Manuscripts
A miscellany
Contents
Summary of Contents: 3 works by Bilgrāmī, Murtaz̤á Ḥusayn, active 1776 on the subjects of Geography, India, India—History, and British
1. 1v-81r ff
Title: Ḥadīqat al-Aqālīm
Title: حدیقة الاقالیم
A geography of Europe from the Ḥadīqat al-Aqālīm
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.90.
2. 82v-142r ff
Title: A brief chronology of India
Chronology extends to ca. AD 1585 written for Gore Ṣāḥib
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.90.
3. 144v-203v ff
Title: Muntakhab-i Hindnāmah
Title: منتخب هندنامه
A short history of India to ca. AD 1772
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.90.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 203 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 22.5 × 13.8 cm.
History
Origin: Late 18th century CE
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.
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