Baillie, John Baillie, of Leys, 1835-1890 (donor of the Oriental Manuscripts Collection)
Person
Biography
John B. Baillie of Leys bequeathed 165 Arabic and Persian manuscripts - the collection of John Baillie, his grandfather - to the University Library in 1876.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Or Ms 78: اکبرنامه Akbar-nāmah, undated copy (original text composed 16th cent. C.E.)
Item
Identifier: Or Ms 78
Scope and Contents
The well-known history of the Emperor Akbar the Great, by his favourite Prime Minister and Secretary, Shaykh Abū al-Faz̤l " 'Allāmī " b. Shaykh Mubārak Nāgūrī. The author was in his time the most learned and elegant writer in the East.
Dates:
undated copy (original text composed 16th cent. C.E.)
Or Ms 80: اقبال نامهٔ جهانگیری Iqbāl-nāmah-i Jahāngīrī, 1189 A.H., 1775 C.E.
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Identifier: Or Ms 80
Scope and Contents
A history of the life and reign of Mughal Emperor Jahāngīr (1569-1627).
Dates:
1189 A.H.; 1775 C.E.
Or Ms 81: عمل صالح ʻAmal-i Ṣāliḥ, 1224 A.H., 1809 C.E.
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Identifier: Or Ms 81
Scope and Contents
A history of the Mughal Emperor Shāhjahān's life and reign, and containing a short history of his predecessors, beginning with Tīmūr. On the flyleaf the work is entitled "lkhtiṣar-i Shāh Jahān-nāmah."
Dates:
1224 A.H.; 1809 C.E.
Or Ms 411: مآثر عالمگیری Maʻās̲ir-i ʻĀlamgīrī, 1161 A.H., 1748 C.E.
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Identifier: Or Ms 411
Scope and Contents
A history of the complete reign of the Emperor 'Ālamgīr, from 1067 A.H. (1656 C.E.) to his death, 1118 A.H. (1707 C.E.). It was compiled in 1122 A.H. (1710 C.E.), by Musta'idd-Khān, surnamed Muḥammad Sāqī, who was secretary to 'Ināyat-allāh Khān. This nobleman was the favourite record writer of 'Ālamgīr and subsequently rose to the role of Governor of Kashmir and vizier to Shāh-'Ālam. The author had thus been an eye-witness of many of the incidents recorded, as he had been connected with the...
Dates:
1161 A.H.; 1748 C.E.
Or Ms 413: حالات آصف خانان Ḥālāt-i Āṣaf-Khānān, undated
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Identifier: Or Ms 413
Scope and Contents
This is a short anonymous biography chiefly of Abū al-Ḥasan, entitled "Yamīn al-Dawlah Āṣaf-Khān", son of the vizier I'timād al-Dawlah. He was the father of Mumtaz al-Zamānī Arjumand-Bānū Bīgam, the favourite wife of Mughal Emperor Shāhjahān. Āṣaf-Khān died at the age of 72, in 1051 A.H. (1641 C.E.).
The current copy has 9 folios is written in clear nasta'līq, is badly stained by damp and injured. It appears to have been written by the same hand and in the same year as OR MS 411,...
Dates:
undated