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Scope and Contents This is a Persian version of the institutes, political and military, forming the last part of the pseudo-autobiography of Tīmūr (Tamerlane), 736 -807 A.H., 1336-1405 C.E.). The full work is known by the title Malfūẓāt-i Amīr Tīmūr, it was translated into Persian, from Chagatay by Mīr Ṭālib-i Ḥusaynī around 1047 A.H. (1637 C.E.).At the end of the present copy, the copyist wishes to be forgiven for any mistakes occurring in the text, as the MS. from...