Siyar-ul-Mutakherin, [ca. 1790].

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Description

Title
Siyar-ul-Mutakherin, [ca. 1790].
Creator
Ghulām Ḥusayn Khān Ṭabāṭaḅāʼī, 1727 or 1728-
Abstract

Manuscript, incomplete, of this history of India and of the gradual from the death of Aurangzeb until 1781

Chapter 1 and part of Chapter 2 contain an interlinear translation into English in the hand of Sanskrit scholar and Calcutta Judge Sir William Jones

Title page in Jones's hand: "Observations on the Administration of Government and Justice by the English in India, extracted from the Persian History of Gulam Husein Khan."

Description
In Persian.
Phillipps MS. 17138.
Binding: Middle Hill Boards.
Provenance
For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
Extent
1 36 x 25 cm. v. (208 p.) ;
Language
Persian

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Osborn fc163

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Translations into English
Resource Type
unspecified
Subject (Geographic)
India.
Great Britain
India
Subject (Name)
Jones, William, 1746-1794.
East India Company.
Subject (Topic)
Persian literature
Colonies
Administration
History
Subjects
Jones, William, 1746-1794
East India Company
Persian literature > India
Persian literature > Translations into English
Great Britain > Colonies > India > Administration
India > History > 1526-1765
India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872 > Ownership

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Citation
Ghulam Husein Khan, Siyar-ul-Mutakherin. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Catalog Record
7041991
Object ID (OID)
2025617

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