Compilation manuscripts
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Manuscript volumes comprising two or more works, whether referring to only the content combined or to the combination of physically separate leafs or gatherings that are sewn or tipped in to form one volume.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Or Ms 334: منشئات برهمن Munshaʼāt-i Brahman, 1185 A.H., 1775 C.E.
Item
Identifier: Or Ms 334
Scope and Contents
A collection of letters written to the Mughal ruler Shāhjahān (r. 1628–1658 C.E.) and other distinguished individuals during his reign, by Chandarbhān (d. 1068 or 1073 A.H., 1657 or 1662 C.E.), poetically named "Brahman". He was for a time a record-writer at the royal court and author of the Chahār-Chaman.
Copied in the Faṣlī year 1179 (see dating for A.H. and C.E. equivalents) by Ṣāhib-Singh of Fatḥpūr (Awadh).
Dates:
1185 A.H.; 1775 C.E.