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2 works by 2 authors on the subject of Iran

Author: Iskandar Munshī, 1560 or 1561-1633 or 1634 Iskandar Beg Munshī اسکندر منشی

Title: Tarīkh-i ʿālam ārā-yi ʿAbbāsī

A very early copy of part of a well-known history of Shah 'Abbas Safawi and his predecessors. The complete work consists of a muqaddimah and two sahifahs. The present copy contains only the muqaddimah and the first sahifah. Water-stained and slightly worm-eaten

Incipit: پرده گشای در امید و بیم چون نشر محامد کبریا آلهی

Colophon: تمت هذا الكتاب في يوم الجمعه 2 شهر جمادي الثاني في عام احدي و اربعين بعد الالف

Language(s): Persian

Author: ʻUbayd Allāh Khān Uzbek, ruler of Herat, d. 1539 عبيد الله خان ازبك

Title: Kitābat-i ʻUbayd Khān Uzbak

Title: كتابت عبيد خان ازبك

A letter sent to Shah Tahmasp of Iran by 'Ubayd Allah Khan of Herat

Incipit: نامۀ نامی و صحیفۀ گرامی از جانب سلطنت

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

1-380 f. 382-385 f.

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Nasta'liq

History

Origin: 1041 AH; 1631 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Bequest of Marsden, William, 1754-1836

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

Subjects

Iran--History--Ṣafavid dynasty, 1501-1736

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