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Manuscript/Mixed Material ʻAlāmgīrnāmah علامكيرنامه

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Title

  • ʻAlāmgīrnāmah

Other Title

  • علامكيرنامه

Summary

  • History of the first ten years ofAurangzeb.

Names

  • Muḥammad Kāẓim ibn Muḥammad Amīn, -1681 or 1682
  • Ellis, Alexander George, 1858-1942, former owner

Created / Published

  • [Early 19th century]

Headings

  • -  Aurangzeb,--Emperor of Hindustan,--1618-1707
  • -  Mughal Empire--Kings and rulers--Biography
  • -  Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  India

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Persian.
  • -  Title from 1a.
  • -  Name of scribe not indicated.
  • -  Name of former owner, "A.G. Ellis 19.5.27" on frontispiece.
  • -  Written in India.
  • -  Paper; varying cream to tan colored 19th century laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; black ink with rubrication; catchwords on rectos.
  • -  Cursive nastaʻliq; 15 lines in written area 20 x 9 cm.
  • -  Folios 1b-436b.
  • -  Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M 47.
  • -  19th century red, quarter-leather binding.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

Medium

  • 436 leaves (15 lines), bound : paper ; 25 x 15 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DS461.7 .M84 1800z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2015481594

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Persian Language Manuscript Project are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Persian Manuscript Collection

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Chicago citation style:

Muḥammad Kāẓim Ibn Muḥammad Amīn, -1681 Or 1682, and Alexander George Ellis. ʻAlāmgīrnāmah. [Early 19th century] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015481594/.

APA citation style:

Muḥammad Kāẓim Ibn Muḥammad Amīn, -. O. 1. & Ellis, A. G. ʻAlāmgīrnāmah. [Early 19th century] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015481594/.

MLA citation style:

Muḥammad Kāẓim Ibn Muḥammad Amīn, -1681 Or 1682, and Alexander George Ellis. ʻAlāmgīrnāmah. [Early 19th century] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2015481594/>.