Or Ms 237: انتظام راج اعظم گڙه Intiẓām-i Rāj-i A‘ẓamgaṛh, undated (original text compiled 19th cent. C.E.)
Scope and Contents
The story of the rulers of A‘ẓamgaṛh (a Ta‘alluqah in the United Provinces of India), from the time of Abhman-Singh and Sagar-Rāi, sons of Chand-Sen, of the tribe of Rajpūts and Zamīndārs of Mahnagar (in the parganah of Niẓāmābād), till the death of the Rānī, wife of the Rājah Muḥammad A‘ẓam Khān, and end of the rūj (rule).
The work, which in its composition is interspersed with numerous verses, was compiled by Girdhāri (see introduction), a muḥarrir or clerk in the office of the Qānūn-gūyan or Lawgivers. It was written in 1216 A.H., 1801 C.E., when the British had newly taken control of parts of the country.
Dates
- Creation: undated (original text compiled 19th cent. C.E.)
Creator
- Raz̤wī, Sayyid Amīr ‘Alī, fl 1872 (Author, scribe) (Scribe, Person)
Language of Materials
Persian (Script: nasta'līq)
Physical Description
Bound with OR MS. 238
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Extent
1 volume
Other Finding Aids
Hukk, Mohammed Ashraful; Ethé, Hermann; and Robertson, Edward, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library (Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd., 1925).
Physical Description
Bound with OR MS. 238
Processing Information
Annotation uses legacy data from Mohammed Hukk et al. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library.
Creator
- Raz̤wī, Sayyid Amīr ‘Alī, fl 1872 (Author, scribe) (Scribe, Person)
Source
- Reid, James Robert, 1838-1908 (Administrator, British Raj) (Donor, Person)
Repository Details
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