Item Summary

History of Mysore through 1789; this volume covers the reign of Haidar Ali. Table of contents in English on fol. 4b.

Descriptive Information

Title
سلطان التوارىخ.
Transliterated Title
Sulṭān al-tavārīkh.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 3922Y
Identifier
ark:/88435/5425kf704
Publisher
[between 1789 and 1825?]
Language
Persian
Date Created
1789-1825
Format
Manuscript
Extent
92 leaves : paper ; 197 x 155 (153 x 104) mm bound to 198 x 157 mm
Provenance
Owner's note on fol. 5a and bookplate on inner back cover of Thomas Marriott. Ex libris of A.S. Yahuda on inner front cover. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift; Robert Garrett (Class of 1897), 1942.
References
Storey, C.A. Persian literature, I, 773
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Dedicated to Tīpū Sulṭān (fol. 11a).
Title from text on fol. 12b. The title is also noted in pencil on fol. 5a along with a description in English: History of Mysoor under Hyder Ally.
Physical description: 11 lines per page; written in indifferent shikastah in black on glazed, laid European paper, bearing the watermark ALLEE. Catchwords. Mild staining. In excellent condition.
Incipit: سلطان نشاتىن صورى و معنوى الغاظ و معانى ستاىش و نىاىش پادشاه على الاطلاق است
Binding Note
Full maroon leather with gold-tooled fillets; maroon leather doublures.

Discovery Information

Subject
Haidar Ali Nawab of Mysore approximately 1722-1782
Mysore (India)—History—Sources
Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
188

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/16051024-afec-46ef-af97-640c0d848344/manifest