ms. 195878 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)
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Contents
Summary of Contents: 3 works by Burhān Khān Munshī, fl. 1825 on the subjects of Carnatic, Letter writing, and India
1.
Title: Tūzuk-i Wālā Jāhī
Title: توزک والا جاهی
An account of the Wala Jah dynasty of the Carnatic. Preceeded by an index of 11 f.
Incipit: علم افرازی اقبال سخن حمد والاجاهی که در دبیر بی نظیر سلطنت لا یزالش تاریخ تزک والاجاهی او بر جریده ممکنات نکاشته
Colophon: تمام شد بتاریخ 8 بر مهر ماه سنه 1313
Language(s): Persian
2.
Title: Vājibāt-i murāsalāt
Title: واجبات مراسلات
On the duties of letter writers in seven rules
Incipit: برخوردار اقبال نشان سعادتمند های جهان طال عمره
Language(s): Persian
3.
On the entry of the British into India
Incipit: چون بسیاری از مفهوم هند بر حقیقت جزئی و کلی
Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Form: codex
168 f. 4 f. 5 f.
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Layout
Hand(s)
A beautiful nasta'liq hand with elements of shikastah
History
Origin: 1313 AH; 1895 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Ex libris Thomas Wolseley Haig Gregorian
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
Subjects
- Carnatic (India)--History
- Letter writing, Persian
- India--History
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