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Or Ms 211: توزک جهانگيری Tūzuk-i Jahāngīrī, 1127 A.H., 1716 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 211
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The memoirs of the Mughal Emperor Nūr-al-Dīn Muḥammad Jahāngīr (d.1037 A.H.,1627 C.E.), considered to be spurious, and containing an account of the transactions of the first thirteen years of his reign (1014-1027 A.H., 1605-1617 C.E.). Polychrome triple frames.

Dates: 1127 A.H.; 1716 C.E.

Or Ms 213: اقبال نامهٔ جهانگيری Iqbāl-nāmah-yi Jahāngīrī, 1737 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 213
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This is the third volume of a comprehensive history of the Mughal Emperors Akbar and Jahāngīr, continuing the latter's reign from his accession (1014 A.H., 1605 C.E.) to his death (1037 A.H., 1627 C.E.), by Muḥammad Sharīf of Persia entitled Mu‘tamad-Khān (d.1049 A.H., 1639 C.E.).

Dates: 1737 C.E.

Or Ms 214: عالمگيرنامه Ālamgīr-nāmah‘, undated (extant by 18th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 214
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A copy of a detailed history of the first ten years (1067-1078 A.H., 1656-1668 C.E.) of the reign of Abū-al Z̤afar Muḥyī al-Dīn Muḥammad Aurangzīb, the Mughal Emperor ‘Ālamgīr, who died at the age of ninety, 1118 A.H., 1707 C.E.


On thin glazed paper of a variety of colours and has an illuminated frontispiece.

Dates: undated (extant by 18th cent. C.E.)

Or Ms 217: مآثر عالمگيری Maʼās̱ir-i ‘Ālamgīrī, undated (original text compiled 18th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 217
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A history of the complete reign of Mughal Emperor ‘Ālamgīr (r. 1067-1078 A.H., 1656-1668 C.E.). It was compiled in 1122 A.H., 1710 C.E., by Muḥammad Sāqī Musta‘idd-Khān (d. 1136 A.H., 1723 C.E.) who was secretary to ‘Ināyat-Allāh Khān.

Dates: undated (original text compiled 18th cent. C.E.)

Or Ms 218: فتوحات عالمگيری Futūḥāt-i ‘Ālamgīrī, undated (original text compiled 18th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 218
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A history of the Mughal Emperor ‘Ālamgīr from the time of his rise to power to the thirty-fourth year of his reign (1101-1102 A.H., 1689-1690 C.E.).

Dates: undated (original text compiled 18th cent. C.E.)

Or Ms 243: رشحات عين الحيات Rashaḥāt-i ‘ayn al-ḥayāt, undated (original text compiled 17th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 243
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A well-known collection of biographies of spiritual guides of the Naqshbandī order and principally of Khwājah Naṣīr al-Dīn ‘Ubayd- Allāh, by his disciple Mawlānā Fakhr al-Dīn ‘Alī b. al-Ḥusayn al-Wā‘iz al-Kāshifī, better known as "Sāfī" (d. 939 A.H., 1532 C.E.).

Dates: undated (original text compiled 17th cent. C.E.)

Or Ms 245: تأريخ بابا نصيب Taʼrīkh-i Bābā Naṣīb, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 245
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This is a work on history by Bābā Naṣīb, who was a celebrated Sufi saint of Kashmīr (d.1047 A.H., 1637 C.E.). It is also known as the "Rīshī-nāmah" or the "Darvīsh-nāmah-yi Mullā Naṣīb".

Dates: undated
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Or Ms 246: تواريخ مير سيد شريف "راقم" ''Tawārīkh-i Mīr Sayyid Sharīf" Rāqim, 1145 A.H., 1732 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 246
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A chronological account of some of the kings, learned and holy men who flourished, 736-1045 A.H. (1335-1635 C.E.), during the period of Mughal sovereignty in Central Asia, Persia, and India.

Dates: 1145 A.H.; 1732 C.E.

Or Ms 408: تأريخ تيموری Taʼrīkh-i Tīmūrī, 1004 A.H., 1596 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 408
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This is an anonymous abridgement of the Ẓafar-nāmah by Mawlānā Sharaf al-Dīn ‘Alī Yazdī (d. 858 A.H.,1454 C.E.). It is a biography of the great conqueror Tīmūr (Tamerlane) from his birth, 736 A.H., 1336 C.E., to his death, 807 A.H.,1405 C.E..


The section of the manuscript where the date (1004 A.H.) appears is injured, it is bearly legible.

Dates: 1004 A.H.; 1596 C.E.