Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 3922Y

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DS ID:

DS12805

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 3922Y

Title:

Sulṭān al-tavārīkh

Author:

Mūsavī Shūshtarī, Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn ibn Raz̤ī al-Dīn, active 18th century / موسوى شوشترى، زىن العابدىن بن رضى الدىن، active 18th century

Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn ibn Raz̤ī al-Dīn Mūsavī Shūshtarī WIKIDATA

Date:

between 1789 and 1825?

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 92 leaves : paper ; 197 x 155 (153 x 104) mm bound to 198 x 157 mm

Note:

Ms. codex.
Dedicated to Tīpū Sulṭān (fol. 11a).
Title from text on fol. 12b. The title is also noted in pencil on fol. 5a along with a description in English: History of Mysoor under Hyder Ally.
Physical description: 11 lines per page; written in indifferent shikastah in black on glazed, laid European paper, bearing the watermark ALLEE. Catchwords. Mild staining. In excellent condition.
Owner's note on fol. 5a and bookplate on inner back cover of Thomas Marriott. Ex libris of A.S. Yahuda on inner front cover. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Persian

Haidar Ali, Nawab of Mysore, approximately 1722-1782

India--Mysore

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9974206883506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/16051024-afec-46ef-af97-640c0d848344/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University