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Manuscript/Mixed Material Tārīkh-i Quṭb-i Shāhīyah تاريخ قطب شاهيه / Taʼrīkh-i Sulṭān Muḥammad Quṭbshāhī

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Title

  • Tārīkh-i Quṭb-i Shāhīyah

Other Title

  • تاريخ قطب شاهيه
  • Taʼrīkh-i Sulṭān Muḥammad Quṭbshāhī

Summary

  • History of Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah, Sultan of Golconda and the Qutb Shahi dynasty and includes the historical, political and social events prevalent in Hyderabadi during the Qutb Shahi period.

Names

  • Mirzā ʻAlī Bayg Riz̤ā Hādī, scribe
  • Munro, Thomas, Sir, 1761-1827, former owner

Created / Published

  • 14 Shaʻbān 1274 [30 March 1858]

Headings

  • -  Qutb Shahi dynasty
  • -  Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah,--Sultan of Golkunda
  • -  Golconda (India)--History
  • -  Hyderabad (India : State)--History
  • -  India--Kings and rulers
  • -  Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  India

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Persian.
  • -  Title from label pasted on page 1 of cover.
  • -  Four leaves of table of contents loosely inserted at beginning of manuscript.
  • -  Copied by Mirzā ʻAlī Bayg Riz̤ā Hādī.
  • -  Bookplate of Thomas Munro on page 3 of cover.
  • -  Copied in India.
  • -  Paper; polished light cream laid paper with no visible chain-lines or watermarks; elaborate multi-colored unwan; text on fol. 1b and 2a only surrounded by ruled black and red border; black ink with rubrication; catchwords on rectos.
  • -  Naskh; 21 lines in written area 30 x 15.5 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-274b.
  • -  Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M61.
  • -  Contemporary brown leather binding originally with gold medallions front and back and gold corners; gilding only remains on back cover and at corners of front cover.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
  • -  Incipit: تحميدي كه شاهباز بلند چرواز انديشه ...

Medium

  • 274 leaves (21 lines), paper : bound ; 41.7 x 24 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DS485.H9 T34 1858

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016397784

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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:

Mirzā ʻAlī Bayg Riz̤Ā Hādī, Scribe, and Thomas Munro. Tārīkh-i Quṭb-i Shāhīyah. [14 Shaʻbān 30 March 1858, 1858] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016397784/.

APA citation style:

Mirzā ʻAlī Bayg Riz̤Ā Hādī, S. & Munro, T. (1858) Tārīkh-i Quṭb-i Shāhīyah. [14 Shaʻbān 30 March 1858] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2016397784/.

MLA citation style:

Mirzā ʻAlī Bayg Riz̤Ā Hādī, Scribe, and Thomas Munro. Tārīkh-i Quṭb-i Shāhīyah. [14 Shaʻbān 30 March 1858, 1858] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2016397784/>.