Or 9742 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Persian poetry, Mogul Empire, and India

1. 2v–38r ff
Author: Ahlī Shīrāzī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, 1454-1535 or 1536 اهلی شیرازی, محمد ابن یوسف
Title: Dīvān
Title: دیوان
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.95-96.
2. 39v-95r ff
Author: Naʻmat Khān-i-ʻĀlī, -approximately 1710 Ni‘mat Khān ‘Alī نعمت خان علی
Title: Jangnāmah-’i Ni‘mat Khān ‘Alī
Title: جنگنامۀ نعمت خان علی

An account of Aurangzeb’soperations against the Mahārāna of Udaypūrand the civil war between Bahādur Shāh بهادر شاه and Muḥammad A‘ẓam Shāh محمد عظم خان

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.95-96.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 98 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 24 × 16.8 cm.

History

Origin: 1247 AH

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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