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Baillie, John Baillie, of Leys, 1835-1890 (donor of the Oriental Manuscripts Collection)

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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 167 Collections and/or Records:

نقل شقّجات و خطوط Naql-i shuqqajāt va khuṭūṭ, 1225-1227 A.H., 1810-1812 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 132
Scope and Contents These are copies of 34 letters. The first, dated 28th December, 1810 C.E., was sent by Lord Minto, the Governor-General, to Nawwāb Vazīr al-Mumālik Sa'adat 'Alī Khān of Oudh. It referred to the disturbed state of the maḥallāt (districts) of Partābgarh and Sulṭānpūr, for the pacification of which the assistance of the English troops had (apparently) often been sought. Some other matters are also touched upon in the letter, e.g., the collection of the land...
Dates: 1225-1227 A.H.; 1810-1812 C.E.
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

هفت قلزوم Haft qulzum (volume 1), 1237 A.H., 1822 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 142
Scope and Contents

A dictionary and grammar of the Persian language, by His Majesty Ghazī al-Dīn Haydar Khān Bahādūr, the first King of Oudh, (d. 1243 A.H., 1827 C.E.). See OR MS 135 and 136 for his correspondance. The present work is across two volumes OR MS 142-143.

Dates: 1237 A.H.; 1822 C.E.
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

هفت قلزوم Haft qulzum (volume 2), 1237 A.H., 1822 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 143
Scope and Contents

A dictionary and grammar of the Persian language, by His Majesty Ghazī al-Dīn Haydar Khān Bahādūr, the first King of Oudh, (d. 1243 A.H., 1827 C.E.). See OR MS 135 and 136 for his correspondance. The present work is across two volumes OR MS 142-143.

Dates: 1237 A.H.; 1822 C.E.
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

واقعات بابری Vāqiʻāt-i Bāburī, 1215 A.H., 1798 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 76
Scope and Contents

A complete copy of the Persian version of the memoirs of the Mughal Emperor Bābur (1483-1530 C.E.).

Dates: 1215 A.H.; 1798 C.E.
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

وفیات الاعیان Wafayāt al-a'yān, undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 21
Scope and Contents

These are the famous biographies commenced in Cairo, 654 A.H. (1256 C.E.) and completed there, 672 A.H. (1274 C.E.) by the celebrated scholar, poet, and historian, Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Ibrahīm b. Abī Bakr b. Khallikān (d. 681A.H., 1282 C.E.).

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

وفیات الاعیان Wafayāt al-a'yān, undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 22
Scope and Contents

These are the famous biographies commenced in Cairo, 654 A.H. (1256 C.E.) and completed there, 672 A.H. (1274 C.E.) by the celebrated scholar, poet, and historian, Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Ibrahīm b. Abī Bakr b. Khallikān (d. 681A.H., 1282 C.E.).

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

وقائع حیدرآباد Vaqa'i' Ḥaydarābād, undated copy (original text composed 17th-18th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 82
Scope and Contents A diary of the siege and conquest of Golkundah, near Hyderabad, by the Mughal Emperor 'Alamgīr in 1107 A.H. (1695 C.E.). It was compiled by Mīrzā Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad, who was descended from a Persian family of physicians in Dehli. He was Comptroller of the Royal Kitchen, and received the title of Ni'mat Khān from the same Emperor 'Alamgīr and near the end of the reign, on account of his constant attendance upon that monarch, he received the title of "Muqarrab Khān". Ni'mat Khān wrote several...
Dates: undated copy (original text composed 17th-18th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

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