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Or Ms 90: مسیر طالبی Masīr-i Ṭālibī, [1219 A.H.], [1804 C.E.]
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Identifier: Or Ms 90
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An account of the travels in Europe, 1213-1218 A.H. (1798-1803 C.E.), of Mīrzā Abū Ṭalib Khān b. Hājjī Muḥammad Beg Khān Hindī Isfahānī (d. 1220 or 1221 A.H., 1805-1806 C.E.) written by himself. The author, who was a Turk by descent, was born and brought up at Lucknow. Mukhtar al-Dawlah, the Prime Minister of Nawwāb Āṣif al-Dawlah, had appointed him 'Amal-dār of Etāwah and several other districts, but after the death of his patron he was superseded in his military command and pensioned....
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[1219 A.H.]; [1804 C.E.]
Or Ms 91: سفرنامهٔ میر عزّت الله Safar-nāmah-i Mīr 'Izzat-allāh, undated copy (original text composed 19th cent. C.E.)
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Identifier: Or Ms 91
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The author, Mīr 'Izzat-allāh (died at Kabul, 1241 A.H., 1825 C.E.), states that under instructions from William Moorcroft he started from Shahjahanabad (Dehli) on the 7th of Rajab, 1227 A.H. (20th April, 1812 C.E), and travelled through Kashmir, Tibet, Tashqand, Kashghar, Bhajan, Qoqan, Samarqand, Peshawar, and returned to Atak in the month of Zulhijjah, 1228 A.H. (16th December, 1813 C.E.). He was assisted in compiling an account of his travels by his companion, Ḥāfiẓ Fāz̤il Khān, whom he...
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undated copy (original text composed 19th cent. C.E.)