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2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Humayun, Mogul Empire, and India

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Author: Jawhar, active 1554 Jawhar Āftābachī, جوهر آفتابچی
Title: Tadhkirat al-wāqiʻāt
Title: Taz̲kirah al-wāqiʻāt
Title: Humāyūnnāmah
Title: تذکرة الواقعات
Title: همایون نامه

The private memoirs of the Emperor Humayun written by his ewer-bearer. "This is the original edition, and not the commoner revised edition of Ilāh-dād Fayḍī Sirhindī

Incipit: کتاب تواریخ همایون پادشاه مسمی تذکرة الواقعات من تصنيف اكسير جوهر آفتاب
Colophon: تمام شد کاتب الحروف سید حسین...سنه 1286 هجری

Language(s): Persian
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Author: ʻAbd Allāh, active 17th century عبد الله
Title: Tārīkh-i Dā’ūdī
Title: تاریخ داؤدی

"A desultory and almost dateless history of the Lodi and Sur dynasties"

Incipit: ثنای هر که گویه بحضرت جهان آفرین سزد که کرم عام جمیع

Language(s): Persian

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Form: codex
1-118 f. 119-279 f.
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Nasta'liq

History

Origin: 1286 AH; 1869 CE

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JISC

Subjects

  • Humayun, Emperor of Hindustan, 1508-1556
  • Mogul Empire -- History
  • India--History

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