G. 18 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: زبدة التواريخ سنندجى. A general history of Persia, entitled Zubdatu'l-Tawarikh-i-Sinandají, compiled by the Qadí of Ardalán Muhammad Sharif, son of Mullá Mustafa Shaykhu'l-Islam, for Khusraw Khán, the governor of that district, in 1215/1800-1. It begins with the pre-Islámic Kings of Persia and the early Prophets, but the narrative is very jejune until the Şafawi period is reached (Section x, ff. 118-184). This section is continued down to 1168/1754-5, and is followed by Section x1 (ff. 184"-239")" on the genealogy of the Kurds, and of the rulers and governors of Ardalán": فصل یازدهم در بیان نسب اكراد و نسب ولات و امراء اردلان Section XII (ff. 239-246") contains a brief account of the Qájár dynasty, and is followed by the Conclusion (Khátima), which sets forth, along with other matters connected with the final revision and production of this book, the historical sources on which it is based, and which include the Mirátu l-Janán of al-Yáfi'i, the Tarikh- i-Al-i-Ayyub, the Kitáb-i-Khamis, the seven volumes of Mírkhwánd's Rawdatus- Safa, the Rawdatu'l-Ahbab of Shaykh Jamálu'd-Din al-Muhaddith al-Husayni, the histories of Tabari, Waşşáf and Háfiz Abrú, the Kitáb-i-Mustaqsi, the Hasht Bihisht of Mullá Idris of Bitlis, the Tarikh-i-Guzida, the Habibu's-Siyar, the Mirat-i-Kaindl (in Turkish), the Maraju dh-Dhahab (of al-Mas'údi), the Mir Nubuwwat, the Nafd isu'l-Funsin, the Jahán-gushd-yi Nádirt, the Kitabi-Dharms a-Sanglákh, the Tarikhul-Akrád (History of the Kurds), and the Kitáb-i- Sharaf'd-Din (probably the well-known Zafar náma of Sharafu'd-Din "All of Yazd). The account of Ardalán and its rulers, fairly circumstantial from 953/1546-7 to 1215/1800-1, constitutes the most valuable part of the MS., which was copied for Bahman Mirza Bahá'u'd-Dawla by his amanuensis Aqá Bábá Sháhmírzádí and completed on the 27th of Ramadán, 1275 (April 30, 1859). It comprises 251 ff. of 21'4 x 14 c. and 12 ll., and is written in a clear ta'liq with rubrications.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 251
Dimensions: 21.4 × 14 cm.
Layout
12 lines
Hand(s)
Written in a clear ta'liq with rubrications.
History
Origin: 1275 AH; 1859 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Copied for Bahman Mirza Bahá'u'd-Dawla by his amanuensis Aqá Bábá Sháhmírzádí, completed on the 27th of Ramadán, 1275 (April 30, 1859).
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.
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