Publication Date
29 Sha‘bān 1227 AH (7 September 1812 CE)
Subject
India--History--1526-1765, Mogul Empire--Kings and rulers--Biography, Mogul Empire--History, Mogul Empire--Politics and government, India--History--18th century
Type
kitap
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
308
Physical Dimensions
308 folios, 4 flyleaves (ff. iii + 308 + i). Leaf height: 313 mm, width: 208 mm. Written height: 236 mm, width: 115 mm.
Library
The University of Manchester Library
Library Asset ID
uom:library:digitalcollections:persian:MS-PERSIAN-00876, https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/MS-PERSIAN-00876/1, https://image.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/iiif/MS-PERSIAN-00876-001-00001.jp2/full/,200/0/default.jpg, Persian MS 876
Record ID
alma992989086395101631
Library Location
Available Online
Date
29 Sha‘bān 1227 AH (7 September 1812 CE)
Notes
Volume four of an incomplete set of three volumes of the Siyar al-Mutaʼakhkhirīn (Review of Modern Times), together with Persian MS 874 (Vol. 1) and 875 (Vol. 2), with the third volume wanting., The author, Ghulām Husain Khān Ṭabaṭāḅāī (b. 1727 or 8) , a son of Patna Vice-Regent Sayyid ‘Alī Khān and cousin of Alīvardī Khān, Nawwab of Bengal (b. 1676 r. 1740–1756), composed this text in circa 1780–1784, and dedicated it to Governor-General of Bengal, Warren Hastings., A general history of India, the first part derives from earlier sources, while the second spans the death of the Mughal Emperor ‘Alamgīr I in 1707 until 1195 AH (1781 CE). Since the author relates many eyewitness accounts, historians regard it as a preeminent 18th-century source., Delhi calligrapher Muḥammad Jān, son of Mughal treasurer Mīyan Muḥammad ‘Āshūrī, copied the volume in a bold nasta'liq hand in 1227 AH (1812 CE). - Volume four of an incomplete set of three volumes of the Siyar al-Mutaʼakhkhirīn (Review of Modern Times), together with Persian MS 874 (Vol. 1) and 875 (Vol. 2), with the third volume wanting., The author, Ghulām Husain Khān Ṭabaṭāḅāī (b. 1727 or 8) , a son of Patna Vice-Regent Sayyid ‘Alī Khān and cousin of Alīvardī Khān, Nawwab of Bengal (b. 1676 r. 1740–1756), composed this text in circa 1780–1784, and dedicated it to Governor-General of Bengal, Warren Hastings., A general history of India, the first part derives from earlier sources, while the second spans the death of the Mughal Emperor ‘Alamgīr I in 1707 until 1195 AH (1781 CE). Since the author relates many eyewitness accounts, historians regard it as a preeminent 18th-century source., Delhi calligrapher Muḥammad Jān, son of Mughal treasurer Mīyan Muḥammad ‘Āshūrī, copied the volume in a bold nasta'liq hand in 1227 AH (1812 CE).
Veri kaynağı
Manchester Digital Collections
Parçası
Manchester Digital Collections - Persian Manuscripts