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TARIKH-I-KHÄNDÄN-I-TIMURIAH
(A historical account of the Timurid dynasty)
Foll. 338; paper; Nast'aliq script; 21 lines to a page; Persian.
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الموجب حكم جہالمطاع مسعود اوراق جز شرح احوال که مقصود بالذات في تاريخ است نمی نویسد
مہمات گجرات باتعلق خان اعظم معین شد و رایات نصرت حضرت باب مقرون فلم و ظفر عازم معاونت کشید
The work was compiled during the reign of Akbar (A.D.1556-1578); an excellent and richly illustrated copy of an otherwise unknown history of Timur and his successors down to Akbar (up to his 22nd year); a unique and rare work; only known copy.
132 illustrations by the court painters of Akbar. The names include Läl, Madhu, Basäwan, Kesü, Daswanth, Rämdäs, Tulsi, Shankar, Husain, Muhammad Kashmiri, Farrukh, Kamal, Bhagwan, Anant, Bahzād, Manohar and others.
Many official seals of the nobles of the Mughal courts and an autograph of Shahjahan embellish this copy.
Lent by the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna.
SHAHJAHAN NAMA
(History of the first ten years (A.D. 1628-38) of Shahjahan's reign).
Foll. 473; size 25.5×16.6 cm; paper; Nast'aliq script; 15 lines to a page, Persian. Scribe: 'Abdur Rashid Dailami (17th century).
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