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Subject(s)

• Mughal Empire—History—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• India—History—1000-1765 [Browse]
• India—Kings and rulers [Browse]

Summary note

Text is a chronical of the reigns of Muslim sultans in India up to ca. 1550.

Notes

• Caption title.
• Title from p. 3.
• Introduction by ʻAli Riḍā Rayhān, added in 1874, attributes work to ʻAli ibn Muḥammad Jurjānī, 1340-1413.
• Pages 2, 14 blank.
• Ms. in nastaliq on glazed paper. Text is preceded by a 1 p. introduction in red ink and 11 p. table of contents in blue ink on foolscap. These are later additions to the text. Ms. itself is in black ink. Catchwords. Text on some pages is written on the diagonal.
• Binding is cloth over pasteboard. Cloth is embossed and endpapers are brown craft paper. There is some minor insect and water damage to some leaves, but text is in good condition overall.
• Incipit:بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم )؟( وفقك الله ولما اصحاب
• Explicit:يكى لازم نيايد
• Colophon:تمت رساله مير سيد شريف بخط لو دنكرى نواب امتحان بهادر زكى بود ٦ (ص) رجب المرحب سنه ١١٤٠ هجريه نبويه در قلعه تمر ... )؟(

OCLC

122695017

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