[IO Islamic 2847] Maâthir-alumarâ, The First Edition of the Great Biographical Dictionary of the Famous Amîrs, Nawwâbs, and other Noblemen who Lived during the Reign of the Tîmûrides in India

•    Another Copy of the Maâthir-alumarâ.
• This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2847 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 624 here with notations and hyperlinks].

624

The same.

Another excellent but undated copy of the first edition of the Maâthir-alumarâ, styled here (by an inference drawn from the words: امّا بعد این کتابیست ممتاز و کارنامه in fol. 1^b, I. 5) on the fly-leaf: Montauz-namah, i. e. ممتازنامه.

Editor’s preface, on fol. 1^b.

Life of the author, on fol. 2^b.

The author’s original preface, on fol. 10^a.

Beginning of the dictionary, on fol. 11^a.

No. 2847, ff. 366, II. 21; very clear and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 12^3/4 in. by 8^1/8 in.