H. 21 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: تأريخ ذو القرنين. التاريخخة Tarikh-i-Dhul-Qarnayn, a history of the reign of Fath-Ali Shah Qajár, by
Mírzá Fadlu'lláh al-Husayní ash-Shírází, poetically surnamed Kháwari (f. 3", fourth
line from the bottom). He was secretary (munshi) to the Prime Minister (Sadr-i
A'zam) Muhammad Shafi', and this copy is his autograph, as stated in a note at the
beginning in the hand of 'Abdu'l-'Alí Mírzá the son of Farhád Mirzá, to whom the
MS. belonged, and as appears from the colophon at the end of the first volume on
f. 185, where the compilation is stated to have been completed on Thursday the
6th of Rabí 11, 1249 (August 23, 1833), and the transcription of this copy on
Monday the 10th of Sha'bán, 1257 (September 27, 1841). The work comprises two volumes and a Conclusion (Khálima).
Vol. 1 (ff. 2-185) contains the first thirty years of Fath-Ali Shah's reign (A..
1212-1241=A.D. 1798-1826). Vol. 11 (ff. 185-272) contains the remainder of his reign (A.H. 1242-1250=A.D. 1826-1835). The Conclusion (ff. 273-321") contains a list of his descendants. A copy of this
last was presented by Farhád Mírzá to the Hon. C. A. Murray in 1855, and is now
Or. 1361 in the British Museum (see Rieu's Persian Catalogue, p. 201). The same
library possesses another complete MS. Or. 3527 (see Rieu's Persian Supplement,
No. 71, pp. 47-48). This MS., obtained from the library of the late Sir A. Houtum-Schindler,
comprises 321 ff. of 24'5 x 17.8 c. and 25 ll., and is written in a small and cursive
but fairly legible tal'iq with rubrications.
Mírzá Fadlu'lláh al-Husayní ash-Shírází, poetically surnamed Kháwari (f. 3", fourth
line from the bottom). He was secretary (munshi) to the Prime Minister (Sadr-i
A'zam) Muhammad Shafi', and this copy is his autograph, as stated in a note at the
beginning in the hand of 'Abdu'l-'Alí Mírzá the son of Farhád Mirzá, to whom the
MS. belonged, and as appears from the colophon at the end of the first volume on
f. 185, where the compilation is stated to have been completed on Thursday the
6th of Rabí 11, 1249 (August 23, 1833), and the transcription of this copy on
Monday the 10th of Sha'bán, 1257 (September 27, 1841). The work comprises two volumes and a Conclusion (Khálima).
Vol. 1 (ff. 2-185) contains the first thirty years of Fath-Ali Shah's reign (A..
1212-1241=A.D. 1798-1826). Vol. 11 (ff. 185-272) contains the remainder of his reign (A.H. 1242-1250=A.D. 1826-1835). The Conclusion (ff. 273-321") contains a list of his descendants. A copy of this
last was presented by Farhád Mírzá to the Hon. C. A. Murray in 1855, and is now
Or. 1361 in the British Museum (see Rieu's Persian Catalogue, p. 201). The same
library possesses another complete MS. Or. 3527 (see Rieu's Persian Supplement,
No. 71, pp. 47-48). This MS., obtained from the library of the late Sir A. Houtum-Schindler,
comprises 321 ff. of 24'5 x 17.8 c. and 25 ll., and is written in a small and cursive
but fairly legible tal'iq with rubrications.
Title: Tārīkh-i Z̲u al-Qarnayn
Title: تاريخ ذو القرنين
1. ff. 2b-185a
Title: Tārīkh-i Z̲u al-Qarnayn
Title: تاريخ ذو القرنين
Title: History of the thirty first years of Fatḥ-ʻAlī Shāh's reign (A.H. 1212-1241/A.D. 1798-1826)
Language(s): Persian
2. ff. 185b-272b
Title: Tārīkh-i Z̲u al-Qarnayn
Title: تاريخ ذو القرنين
Title: Last eleven years of Fatḥ-ʻAlī Shāh's reign (A.H. 1242-1250/A.D. 1826-1835)
Language(s): Persian
3. ff. 273b-321a
Title: Khātimah
Title: خاتمة
Title: Conclusion containing a list of Fatḥ-ʻAlī Shāh's descendants
Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 321
Dimensions: 24.5 × 17.8 cm.
Layout
25 lines
Hand(s)
Written in a small and cursive but fairly legible tal'iq with rubrications.
History
Origin: 1257 AH; 1841 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
This MS., obtained from the library of the late Sir A. Houtum-Schindler .
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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