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Or Ms 327: باششٿه جوگ Bāshishṭah Jūg, 1198 A.H., 1783 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 327
Scope and Contents An exposition of Hindu mysticism of which this is an abridged form. The original translation is by Shaykh Abū al-Faz̤l 'Allāmī', who completed it at the request of Mughal ruler Akbar the Great (r. 1556-1605 C.E.) in 1006 A.H., 1597 C.E.Copied at Calcutta by Shaykh Aḥmad-Baksh of Aẓīmābād (Patna) and dated with the Dated the Faṣlī year 1192 (see dating for A.H. and C.E. equivalents).In the same hand as, and bearing very similar physical features to, Or Mss 328 and 329....
Dates: 1198 A.H.; 1783 C.E.

Or Ms 329: سنگهاسن بتّيسی Singhāsana battīsī, 1198 A.H., 1783 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 329
Scope and Contents

An abridged version of the well-known original Sanskrit work of the thirty-two tales of the throne, or the stories of King Vikramaditya and Rājah Bhūj. Copied in Calcutta in the Faṣlī year 1192 (see dating for A.H. and C.E. equivalents) by Shaykh Aḥmad-Baksh Ṣiddīqī.

In the same hand as, and bearing very similar physical features to, Or Mss 327 and 328. It is highly likely that all three manuscripts are of shared origin and production history.

Dates: 1198 A.H.; 1783 C.E.

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  • Names: Anderson, David, 1750-1828 (Diplomat, East India Company) X
  • Names: Ṣiddīqī, Shaykh Aḥmad-Baksh, fl 1783 (scribe) X

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