Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

G. 14.3 (University Library, Cambridge University)

E. G. Browne Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: Ff. 310 of 34'8 x 21'2 c. and 31 ll.; copied in 1270/1854 by the same scribe and
in the same handwriting as the two preceding volumes.
This volume contains Rawda v (ff. 1-134) and vi (ff. 135-291) and the
beginning of vii (ff. 292-310).
Rawda v contains the history of the Mongols and kindred peoples. The
principal contents are: Ethnology of the Mongols and Turks, and ancestry and
birth of Chingiz Khán (f. 3-9): reign and conquests of Chingiz Khán (ff. 9-28");
Jújí (ff. 28-29); Chaghatáy (ff. 29"-30"); Ogotáy (f. 30"); Túlí (f. 38"); Túrákíná
Khátún (f. 38); Kuyúk (f. 39); Mangú (f. 39); Qubiláy (f. 44°); Húlágú (f. 51");
Conquest of Baghdad (f. 52); Abaqá (f. 62); Ahmad Khán Nikúdár ( 721
Arghún (f. 75'); Gaykhátú (f. 78"); Gházán (f. 82b); Uljáytú (f. 92"); Abú Sa'id
(f. 104) Arpa (f. 118); Músà (f. 19); Tughá-timur (f. 120); Hasan-i-Kúchak
(E120); Malik-i-Ashraf (f. 124); Jánd Beg (f. 126); Sultán Uways (f. 127
Husayn b. Uways (f. 129); Abmad b. Uways (f. 130). Dated (on f. 134). Rajab
4. 1270 (April 2, 1854).
Rawda vi contains the history of Tímúr and his successors down to Muḥammad
Babur and Sultán Husayn b. Bayqará. The principal contents are: Genealogy and
birth of Timur (f. 136); beginning of his reign (f. 148): birth of Shahrukh.
(f. 153): massacre at Isfahan (f. 162); fate of the Muzaffarid princes (f. 173'):
war with the Ottoman Sultán Báyazid (f. 194"); death of Timúr (f. 213'); Khalil
Sultán (f. 216"); Tímúr's children (f. 216); Sháhrukh (f. 217); Ulugh Beg
(246) 'Abdu'l-Latif (f. 253'): Báysunghur (f. 254); 'Ala'u'd-Dawla (f. 255');
Abul-Qasim Babur (f. 261'); Sultán Abú Sa'id (f. 271); Muhammad Babur
(f. 285): Sultán Husayn b. Bayqará (f. 287); Amir Ali Shir (f. 290).
Rawda vii (f. 292-310) contains an account of the "Black Sheep" (Qará-
qoyunlu) and "White Sheep" (Aq-qoyunlú) Turkmán dynasties, the escape from
captivity of the Safawi princes (f. 305), and the Uzbek rulers (f. 309).

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 310
Dimensions: 34.8 × 21.2 cm.

Layout

31 lines

Hand(s)

copied in 1270/1854 by the same scribe and in the same handwriting as the two preceding volumes

History

Origin: 1271 AH; 1854 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Bequest of E. G. Browne.

Record Sources

Availability

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Bibliography

    Work in five volumes bearing the class-marks: G. 14.1, G. 14.2, G. 14.3, G. 14.4, and G. 14.5.

Funding of Cataloguing

JISC


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