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Or Ms 202: هفت گلشن Haft-gulshan, undated (original text compiled 18th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 202
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A general history of the Muslim rulers of India, compiled, 1132 A.H.,1720 C.E., by Muḥammad Hādī, better known by his title "Kāmwar Khān" (which he received from Bahādur-Shāh I in the second year of his reign, 1120 A.H., 1708 C.E.).

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

Or Ms 203: تحفة الهند Tuḥfat al-Hind, 1182 A.H., 1735 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 203
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A general History of India from the earliest times to the reign of Farrukhsiyar. An account of the early Kings of Persia is also included. The author is Lāl-Rām b. Rāi Dūlah-Rām b. Rāi Kunjaman, who compiled it,1148 A.H., 1735 C.E., in the 18th year of Muḥammad-Shāh's reign.

Dates: 1182 A.H.; 1735 C.E.

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.

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

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Identifier: Or Ms 210
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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.)

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 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.

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Shīw-Bakhsh, fl 1759-1775 (scribe) 2
al-Dīn, Majd, fl 1614 (Scribe) 2
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Anṣārī, Mullā Khān Muḥammad b. Shaykh Fatḥ Muḥammad, fl. 1707 (Scribe) 1
Elbrecht, Casparus, fl 1770 (Former owner of manuscript) 1