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Summary of Contents: 3 works by Burhān Khān Munshī, fl. 1825 on the subjects of Carnatic, Letter writing, and India
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Author: Burhān Khān Munshī, fl. 1825 Burhān ibn Ḥasan‏, fl. 1825 Munshī, Burhān Khān برهان خان منشی
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
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Author: Burhān Khān Munshī, fl. 1825
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
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Author: Burhān Khān Munshī, fl. 1825
Title: Juzʾ-i avval-i dukhūl-i Angrayz dar iqlīm-i Hind
Title: جز اول دخول انگریز در اقلیم هند

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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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

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

Subjects

  • Carnatic (India)--History
  • Letter writing, Persian
  • India--History

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