al-Shūstarī, Luṭf-Allāh b. Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad b. ‘Abd-Allāh b. Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Ni‘mat-Allāh al-Mūsavī al-Jazāʼirī (Scribe)

Scope and Contents A descriptive account of the city of Shustar, to which is appended a story of the life and travels of the author, 'Abd al-Laṭīf b. Abī Ṭālib b. Nūr al-Dīn b. Ni'mat-allāh al-Ḥusayn al-Mūsavī al-Shūstarī. The author compiled this work in India, dedicated to, and named it after, the Sayyid Abū al-Qāsim b. Sayyid Raz̤ī-al-Dīn, entitled Mīr 'Alam Khān (d.1223 A.H., 1808 C.E.), the Prime Minister of Hyderabad (see fol. 1a). The historical part of this work is based upon the work of Sayyid...