Jild-i avval Siyar al-mutaʼakhkhirīn, taṣnīf-i Sayyid Ghulām Ḥusayn Khān ibn-i Sayyid Hidāyatʹʻalīkhān Ṭabāṭabāī Ḥusaynī

History of India in the 18th century.

Manuscript.

Persian.

Title from flyleaf.

Scribe not indicated.

India.

Paper; cream-color Indian paper; black ink, some rubrication; text enclosed within border of two thin red lines; catchwords on rectos.

Note in pencil on endpaper: The text of this MS. extends as far as vol. 2, pg. 185, l. 23, of the second edition (Calcutta, 1902) of the English translation. It ends with the death of ʻAlī Hindī Khān (A.H. 1169).

Nastaʻliq; 15 lines in written area 17.3 x 9.6 cm.

Folios 1b-371b.

Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, [number].

19th century quarter leather binding; covers detached.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

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