Mirʼāt-i Sikandarī

Title	Mirʼāt-i Sikandarī
Publication Date:	7 Safar 1094 AH (5 Feb. 1683 CE)
Subject	India--History, Gujarat (India)--History, India--Kings and rulers
Type	Book
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Pages Count	400
Physical Dimensions	400 folios, 5 flyleaves (ff. iii + 400 + ii) . Leaf height: 243 mm, width: 133 mm. Written height: 175 mm, width: 82 mm.
Library:	The University of Manchester Library
Library Asset ID	uom:library:digitalcollections:persian:MS-PERSIAN-00900, https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/MS-PERSIAN-00900/1, https://image.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/iiif/MS-PERSIAN-00900-001-00001.jp2/full/,200/0/default.jpg, Persian MS 900
Record ID	alma992989086394501631
Library Location	Available Online
Date	7 Safar 1094 AH (5 Feb. 1683 CE)
Notes	A complete copy of the Mirʼāt-i Sikandarī (Alexander's Mirror) a history of the Muẓaffarid dynasty that ruled Gujarat until 1573, Iskandar ibn Muḥammad Manjū (b. ca. 1582) composed it between 1611 to 1613. Compied about 70 years later, the bibliophile governor of Chittoor ‘Abd al-Vahhāb (d. ca. 1801) previously owned this manuscript before it was plundered by the ruler of Mysore Ḥaydar ‘Alī (b. ca. 1722, r. 1761–1782), then again by British forces after they defeated his son and successor Tīpū Sulṭān (b. 1753, r. 1782–1799).
Veri kaynağı	Manchester Digital Collections
Parçası	Manchester Digital Collections - Persian Manuscripts

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Mirʼāt-i Sikandarī

Publication Date 7 Safar 1094 AH (5 Feb. 1683 CE)

Subject India--History, Gujarat (India)--History, India--Kings and rulers

Type Book

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Pages Count 400

Physical Dimensions 400 folios, 5 flyleaves (ff. iii + 400 + ii) . Leaf height: 243 mm, width: 133 mm. Written height: 175 mm, width: 82 mm.

Library The University of Manchester Library

Library Asset ID uom:library:digitalcollections:persian:MS-PERSIAN-00900, https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/MS-PERSIAN-00900/1, https://image.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/iiif/MS-PERSIAN-00900-001-00001.jp2/full/,200/0/default.jpg, Persian MS 900

Record ID alma992989086394501631

Library Location Available Online

Date 7 Safar 1094 AH (5 Feb. 1683 CE)

Notes A complete copy of the Mirʼāt-i Sikandarī (Alexander's Mirror) a history of the Muẓaffarid dynasty that ruled Gujarat until 1573, Iskandar ibn Muḥammad Manjū (b. ca. 1582) composed it between 1611 to 1613. Compied about 70 years later, the bibliophile governor of Chittoor ‘Abd al-Vahhāb (d. ca. 1801) previously owned this manuscript before it was plundered by the ruler of Mysore Ḥaydar ‘Alī (b. ca. 1722, r. 1761–1782), then again by British forces after they defeated his son and successor Tīpū Sulṭān (b. 1753, r. 1782–1799).

Veri kaynağı Manchester Digital Collections

Parçası Manchester Digital Collections - Persian Manuscripts