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Mogul Empire -- Politics and government

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Detail of page from the Compendium of Chronicles by Rashid al-Din. Shows text with central miniature depicting the Sultan Luhrasp, who ruled the Mazandarin Province of Iran during the late 15th century, seated on a throne, surrounded by attendants.
Detail of page from the Compendium of Chro...

Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

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Identifier: Or Ms
Scope and Contents This collection consists of over 700 manuscripts pertaining to the Islamicate world and South Asia, dating from the 10th to 19th centuries C.E. (the majority being post-1500). Chiefly bound paper codices, it includes sacred texts of importance to the Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh faiths, Qur’anic commentaries, Traditions of the Prophet Muhammad and the Shi’i Imams, works treating Islamic law, world history, the history of India, medicine,...
Dates: 10th-19th centuries C.E. (bulk: post-1500 C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 79: دستورالعمل اکبری Dastūr al-'amal-i Akbarī, 1230 A.H., 1814 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 79
Scope and Contents

An account of the 22 ṣubahs (or provinces) of the Indian Empire, their subdivisions and revenue in the time of the Mughul sovereignty.

Dates: 1230 A.H.; 1814 C.E.
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

Or Ms 83: دستور العمل سررشتجات Dastūr al-'amal-i-sarrishtajāt, undated copy (original text composed 17th-18th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 83
Scope and Contents

A collection of useful instructions and tables for the education of those who work in the revenue offices. It gives a fair insight into the sort of departmental work carried on during the times of the Mughal sovereignty. Copies of a few farmāns (decrees) and dispatches of the Premiers have also been added. The author is Uday-Chand of Salīmābād (Bengal), who compiled it during the reign of the Emperor Awrangzīb.

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 17th-18th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

Or Ms 145: دستور جهان گشائی Dastūr-i jahān gushā'ī, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 145
Scope and Contents The author is Khayr-allāh, whose father, as is stated in the book, served as Sipahsālār (commander) in Shāhjahān's army. The subject dealt with is the art of war, divided into twelve kilīds (parts). Character sketch of the Jahāndār and Sipahsālār. Expression of humility and submission to the Supreme Will, with prayer to the Almighty for help. ...
Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

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.
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

Or Ms 209: آئينِ اكبري Āʼīn-i Akbarī, undated (original text compiled 16th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 209
Scope and Contents

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 a number of ṣūbahs (provinces).

Dates: undated (original text compiled 16th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

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

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Identifier: Or Ms 210
Scope and Contents

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.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

Or Ms 223: ساعاتِ نهضت که عالمگير نمودند Sā‘āt-i Nahz̤at kih ‘Ālamgīr namūdand, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 223
Scope and Contents

A record of the movements and encampments of the Emperor ‘Ālamgīr (r. 1658 to 1707 C.E.), from the third Rabī‘ II, 1066 A.H. (1665 C.E.), to the fourth of Jumādá II, 1099 A.H. (1687 C.E.), the thirty-fourth year of his reign. Besides the places of encampment, the length of stay and the time taken to pass from one place to another are also recorded.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

Or Ms 224: دستور العملِ بادشاهی Dastūr al-‘Amal-i Bādshāhī, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 224
Scope and Contents

An abridged official manual of the Indian Empire. The original was possibly drawn up in Mughal Emperor ‘Ālamgīr's (r. 1658 to 1707 C.E.) time. It contains an account of the allowances of the officials of various grades, names of Faṣlī months, revenues and area of the Empire, distance from Shāhjahānābād (Dehlī) to various places, and the divisions and revenues of a number of ṣūbahs (see more in Hukk et al catalogue).

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

Or Ms 225: سير المتأخرين Siyar al-Mutaʼakhkhirīn, undated (original text composed 18th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 225
Scope and Contents

An elaborate history of the Mughal Empire in India, from 1118 A.H. (1707 C.E.), the year of ‘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.

Dates: undated (original text composed 18th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

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