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Or Ms 208: آئينِ اكبري Āʼīn-i Akbarī, 1197 A.H., 1782 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 208
Scope and Contents This is a good copy containing numerous tables of the well-known āʼīn, or institutes, of the Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great (949-1014 A.H. /1542-1605 C.E.). This work, which is usually regarded as a third volume or supplement to the Akbar-nāmah, is by the same author, Shaykh Abū al-Faz̤l "Allāmī." It contains a most detailed description and record of Akbar' s government in all its departments, revenues, statistics,...
Dates: 1197 A.H.; 1782 C.E.
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 210: آئينِ اكبري Āʼīn-i Akbarī, undated (original text compiled 16th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 210
Scope and Contents

This is an abridgement of a well-known work detailing the āʼīn, or institutes, of the Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great (949-1014 A.H. / 1542-1605 C.E.). The current copy is limited to some of the minor institutes.

Dates: undated (original text compiled 16th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 226: سير المتأخّرين Siyar al Mutaʼakhkhirīn, 1196 A.H., 1782 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 226
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An elaborate history of the Mughal Empire in India from 1118 A.H., 1707 C.E., the year of Emperor ‘Ālamgīr's death, to 1195 A.H., 1781 C.E., by Ghulām Ḥusayn b. Hidāyat ‘Alī Khān-Bahādur Asad-Jang b. al-Sayyid ‘Ālim-Allāh b. al-Sayyid Fayz̤-Allāh al-Ṭabāṭabāʼī al-Ḥasanī of ‘Aẓīmābād.


Two uniform volumes in one.

Dates: 1196 A.H.; 1782 C.E.
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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Or Ms 230: دستور العملِ خالصهٔ شريفه وغيره Dastūr al-‘amal-i khāliṣah-i sharīfah, etc., undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 230
Scope and Contents A collection of useful notes on miscellaneous subjects. The contents are briefly:General matters in connection with the administration of the kingdoms of South Asia and Persia. Explanations of terms used to indicate the various officials from the king downwards, their duties, ranks, titles, etc.; brief notes on the geography and history of some of the important provinces adjoining to and including Persia and South Asia; the names of the numerous kings who ruled over those areas,...
Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 231: تأريخ بنگاله Ta’rīkh-i Bangālah, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 231
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A history of Bengal, compiled by the order of Nawwāb Naṣīr al-Mulk Shams al-Dawlah Bahādur Tahawwur-Jang.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 232: تأريخ علی وردی خان Ta’rīkh-i 'Alī Wardī Khān, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 232
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A history of Mirzā Muḥammad 'Alī, styled "Mahābat-Jang" (or better known as 'Alī Wardī Khān), from his birth until the year 1164 A.H., 1750 C.E., when the Marathas were expelled from Balisore and Kattak.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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