[IO Islamic 2847] Maâthir-alumarâ, The First Edition of the Great Biographical Dictionary of the Famous Amîrs, Nawwâbs, and other Noblemen who Lived during the Reign of the Tîmûrides in India

Another Copy of the Maâthir-alumarâ. This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2847 in the India Office collections. [metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 624 here with notations and hyperlinks]. 624 The same. Another excellent but undated copy of the first edition of the Maâthir-alumarâ, styled here (by an inference drawn from the words: امّا بعد این کتابیست ممتاز و کارنامه in fol. 1b, I. 5) on the fly-leaf: Montauz-namah, i. e. ممتازنامه. Editor’s preface, on fol. 1b. Life of the author, on fol. 2b. The author’s original preface, on fol. 10a. Beginning of the dictionary, on fol. 11a. No. 2847, ff. 366, II. 21; very clear and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 123/4 in. by 81/8 in.

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Maâthir-alumarâ, India Office, IO Islamic 2847, Biography and History

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