[IO Islamic 837] Maâthir-alumarâ, The Second Edition of the Great Biographical Dictionary of the Famous Amîrs, Nawwâbs, and other Noblemen who Lived

Another Copy of the Maâthir-alumarâ.

This manuscript is now IO Islamic 837 in the India Office collections.

[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 628 here with notations and hyperlinks].

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Another copy of the same.

This copy of the second or revised and enlarged edition is the usual one, beginning on fol.1b with the second editor׳s preface :

ستايش بيكران و نيايش بی اندازه الخ

, after which follow:

The preface of the first editor, Faḳîr Ghulâm 'Alî, on fol. 3b, beginning: حمد شاهنشاهى الخ .

The author׳s life, on fol. 4a, and a detailed index of the whole work, on ff. 9b-12b.

Beginning of the dictionary with Ism’îlbeg Dûldî (see No. 626), on fol. 12b.

The right order of ff. 206-221 is: 206, 208, 207, 209-212, 214, 213, 215-218, 220, 219, 221; of ff. 272-287 : 272, 274, 273, 275-278, 280, 279, 281-284, 286, 285, 287 ; and of ff. 522-592 : 522, 526, 525, 524, 523, 527-541, 543, 542, 544-547, 549, 548, 550-559, 561, 560, 562-565, 567, 566, 568-571, 573, 572, 574-589, 591, 590, 592.

Dated the 22nd of Shawwâl, A.H. 1221=A.D. 1807, January 2.

Nos. 837, 838, ff. 597, II. 27; clear and distinct Nasta’lîḳ ; size, 141/2 in. by 81/2 in.