Geography
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Or Ms 247: بهجته العالم Bahjat al-‘ālam, undated (original text compiled 18th cent. C.E.)
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Identifier: Or Ms 247
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A copy of a work on general geography by Ḥakīm Mahārat-Khān Iṣfahānī, who completed it some time after 1124 A.H. (1712 C.E). The work is principally based upon the geographical and biographical encyclopaedia Haft-Iqlīm by Amīn Aḥmad Rāzī (compiled 16th cent. C.E.).
Frontispieces illuminated with gold.
Dates:
undated (original text compiled 18th cent. C.E.)
Or Ms 248: معلومات الآفاق Ma‘lūmāt al-āfāq, undated (original text compiled 18th cent. C.E.)
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Identifier: Or Ms 248
Scope and Contents
This is a detached portion taken from the geographical work of the same name, which was written after the death of Mughal Emperor ‘Ālamgīr (d. 1118 A.H., 1707 C.E), by Sayyid Amīn al-Dīn Khān b. Abū al-Makārim Amīr-Khān al-Ḥusaynī al-Harawī. It contains brief accounts of the titulature of the Emperor, the Princes, the Princesses, and the nobles of the Court of Dehli. Brief references to the Ṣūbahs (provinces), areas, revenues, distances between various...
Dates:
undated (original text compiled 18th cent. C.E.)