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Scope and Contents These are three short extracts from the Tārīkh al-duwal of al-Fakhr al-Rāzī, by al-Shaykh Abū al-Faraj ‘Abd al-Raḥmān b. ‘Alī al-Jūzī (d. 577 A.H., 1181 C.E.). It contains: Account of the great Khalīfah Hārūn al-Rashīd, the fifth of the line of ‘Abbās, who died, after a reign of 23 years, on the 3rd Jumādá II, 193 A.H. (the 24th March, 809 C.E.), fols. 1-16. ...

Scope and Contents These are three short historical extracts relating to the death of the Khalīfah al-Hādī and the accession of his son Hārūn al-Rashīd, taken from the following works: The history of Abū al-Faraj b. Harūn al-Māliṭī, fols. 1-23. Al-Mukhtaṣar fī Akhbar al-Bashar of Prince Abū al-Fidā (d. 732 A.H., 1331 C.E.). Ta'rīkh al-Muslimīn of George b. al-'Amīd b. Ilyas b. Abī...

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A general history from the earliest times to 730 A.H. (1329 C.E.), the year, as it is stated in the preface, when it was compiled by Ḥamd-allāh b. 'Abī Bakr b. Aḥmad b. Naṣr Mustaufī Qazwīnī (d. 750 A.H., 1349 C.E.), and the present name, meaning "the select history" was given to it.

The first two pages and the frontispiece are richly illuminated; gold-lined throughout.

Scope and Contents 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.). This manuscript includes volumes 1-3 of the work, each with an illuminated frontispiece.At the beginning of the manuscript there is a contents page in...

Scope and Contents 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.). This manuscript includes volumes 4-5 of the work, each with an illuminated frontispiece. They feature in reverse order.For volumes 1-3 of this work,...

Scope and Contents 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.). This manuscript includes volumes 6-7 of the work, each with an illuminated frontispiece.For volumes 1-3 of this work, from the collection of the same...

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An account of the Prophets from Ādam to Muḥammad, by Abū al-Qāsim Maḥmūd b. Aḥmad b. Abū al-Ḥasan Faryābī (d. 607 A.H., 1210 C.E.), or, as he is called by Ḥājī Khalfah, Farābī.

At the end there are appended very brief notes on the four great successors of Muḥammad, and the names of the Khalīfahs are also enumerated (after the Imāms Ḥasan and Ḥusayn) from Mu‘āwiyah to al-Mustanjid bi Allāh, who was the 32nd ‘Abbāsid Khalīfah (d. 566 A.H., 1171 C.E.).

Scope and Contents A famous work, containing a full history of the Prophet Muḥammad, his birth, character, and actions, and also an account of his descendants, friends, disciples, and successors.It was completed in 900 A.H., 1494 C.E., by Amīr Sayyid ‘Aṭā-allāh (also known as Jamāl al-Husaynī) b. Muḥammad Faz̤l-allāh of Shīrāz. The whole work was divided into three maqṣads (books), of which this MS. contains only the introduction and the first ...

Scope and Contents A history of the early caliphs, this work was originally written in Arabic by Khwājah Aḥmad b. al-A'tham al-Kūfī (d. c. 314 A.H., 926 C.E.). It covers events from the election of Abū Bakr to the death of Ḥusayn b. 'Alī.This work, which is known also under the name of the Tārīkh-i khulafā-i rāshidīn, was rendered into Persian in 596 A.H., 1199 C.E., by Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Mustawfī al-Harawī, at the desire of his patron, a Wazīr in Khwārazm and...

Scope and Contents A history of the great conqueror Tīmūr (Tamerlane) from his birth, 736 A.H. (1336 C.E.), to his death, 807 A.H. (1405 C.E.), collected from official records, by Mawlānā Sharaf al-Dīn 'Alī Yazdī (d. 858 A.H., 1454 C.E.), who was attached to the court of Sulṭān Shāhrukh Mīrzā, and subsequently of his son, Sulṭān Ibrāhīm Mīrzā, at whose desire the present work was compiled at Shiraz in four years and dedicated to Shāhrukh in 828 A.H. (1425 C.E.). The ...