Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

ms. 195878 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)

Special Collections

Contents

Summary of Contents: 3 works by Burhān Khān Munshī, fl. 1825 on the subjects of Carnatic, Letter writing, and India
1.

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.

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.
Dimensions (leaf):
Dimensions (written):

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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