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‘Ādil, Shaykh Maḥmūd (Scribe)

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Copyist of OR MS 427.

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Or Ms 427: روضة الصفاء Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ, undated (original text composed 15th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 427
Scope and Contents

A short fragment (five folios) of a well-known general history in seven volumes, from the earliest times to the time of the author, Sayyid Muḥammad b. Burhān al-Dīn Khawand-Shāh (d. 903 A.H., 1498 C.E.). Most of the work was written by the author himself, but was completed by his grandson Ghiyās̱ al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Ḥāmid al-Dīn Khwand-Amīr (d. 942 A.H., 1535 C.E.).

Dates: undated (original text composed 15th cent. C.E.)