A copy of Muḥammad Kāẓim ibn Muḥammad Amīn Munshī's ʻĀlamgīr′nāmah.

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Title

A copy of Muḥammad Kāẓim ibn Muḥammad Amīn Munshī's ʻĀlamgīr′nāmah.

Shelfmark

MS. S. Digby Or. 15

Language

Persian

Author: Muḥammad Kāẓim ibn Muḥammad Amīn, d. 1681 or 2 محمد كاظم بن محمد أمين منشي Title: ʻĀlamgīr′nāmah Title: عالمگیرنامه

Form

codex

Physical extent

ff. 224

Hands

Neat shikastah-amēz; blank spaces for rubrics; thin Indian paper in clean condition

Acquisition

Donated to the Bodleian Libraries by the Trustees of the Simon Digby Memorial Charity, April 2015

Provenance

Sale of Phillips, Son and Neale: April 1965; false seal of (Sir) Robert Palk Fakhruddawla; name on flyleaf of marked paper of W.H. Davy (translator (?) of the Institutes of Timour 1784?) and description “History of Alumgyry Aurungzebe” in pencil in his or a similar late 18th century hand and a note in Persian of an earlier Hindu owner recording its purchase for his young son (?) at Allahabad for 7 rupees 8 annas.

The collections of Mr. Simon Digby .