metadata [IO Islamic 259] طبقات شاهجهانى

<ul> <li><strong>Ṭabaḳ&acirc;t-i-Sh&acirc;hjah&acirc;n&icirc;&nbsp;.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 705 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Eth&eacute;</strong></a><strong><em>,&nbsp;</em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong>&nbsp;</a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a>&nbsp;<strong>number 259 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>705</p> <p>Ṭabaḳ&acirc;t-i-Sh&acirc;hjah&acirc;n&icirc; (طبقات شاهجهانى ).</p> <p>A large collection of succinct biographies of all the great Sayyids, Shaikhs, Saints, Ḥak&icirc;ms, &lsquo;Ulam&acirc;s, and poets, who flourished from the beginning of T&icirc;m&ucirc;r&rsquo;s reign down to the reign of the emperor Sh&acirc;hjah&acirc;n, compiled about A.H. 1046 (A.D. 1636, 1637) by Muḥammad Ṣ&acirc;diḳ, and dedicated to Sh&acirc;hjah&acirc;n (A.H. 1037-1068=A.D. 1627-1658), comp. Rieu iii. p. 1009; Elliot, History of India, vii. p. 133. It is divided into ten ṭabaḳ&acirc;t (every one containing three b&acirc;bs), viz.:</p> <p>Ṭabaḳah I: Famous men in T&icirc;m&ucirc;r&rsquo;s reign (A.H. 770-807 =A.D. 1369-1405), on fol. 6^a (b&acirc;b II, on fol. 23^b; b&acirc;b III, on fol. 30^a).</p> <p>Ṭabaḳah II: Famous men, who lived under Mirz&acirc; M&icirc;r&acirc;nsh&acirc;h and died under Sulṭ&acirc;n Sh&acirc;hrukh (A.H. 807-850=A.D. 1405-1447), on fol. 40^a (b&acirc;b II, on fol. 63^a; b&acirc;b III, on fol. 75^b).</p> <p>Ṭabaḳah III: Famous men under Sulṭ&acirc;n Muḥammad bin Mirz&acirc; M&icirc;r&acirc;nsh&acirc;h and Mirz&acirc; Ulughbeg bin Mirz&acirc; Sh&acirc;hrukh (A.H. 850-853 =A.D. 1447-1449), on fol.85^b (b&acirc;b II, on fol. 95^a; b&acirc;b III, on fol. 102^b).</p> <p>Ṭabaḳah IV: Famous men, who lived and died under Sulṭ&acirc;n Ab&ucirc; Sa&rsquo;&icirc;d G&ucirc;rg&acirc;n (A.H. 854-873=A.D. 1450-1469), on fol. 109^a (b&acirc;b II, on fol. 118^a; b&acirc;b III, on fol. 124^a).</p> <p>Ṭabaḳah V: Famous men, who lived and died under Mirz&acirc; &lsquo;Umar Shaikh Bah&acirc;dur, son of Sulṭ&acirc;n Ab&ucirc; Sa&rsquo;&icirc;d G&ucirc;rg&acirc;n (A.H. 873 - 899 =A.D. 1469-1494), on fol. 133^b (b&acirc;b II, on fol. 147^a; b&acirc;b III, on fol. 156^b).</p> <p>Tabaḳah VI: Famous men under Sulṭ&acirc;n B&acirc;bar (A.H. 900-937 = A.D. 1495-1530), on fol. 161^b (b&acirc;b II, on fol. 179^b; b&acirc;b III, on fol. 187^a).</p> <p>Ṭabaḳah VII : Famous men under Sulṭ&acirc;n Hum&acirc;y&ucirc;n (A.H. 938-963 = A.D. 1531-1556), on fol. 192^a (b&acirc;b II, on fol. 205^b; b&acirc;b III, on fol. 215^b).</p> <p>Ṭabaḳah VIII: Famous men under Sulṭ&acirc;n Akbar (A.H. 963 -1014 = A.D. 1556-1605), on fol. 223^b (b&acirc;b II, on fol. 261^b; b&acirc;b III, on fol. 284^b).</p> <p>Ṭabaḳah IX: Famous men under Sulṭ&acirc;n Jah&acirc;ng&icirc;r (A.H. 1014-1037 = A.D. 1605-1627), on fol. 348^a (b&acirc;b II, on fol. 369^a; b&acirc;b III, on fol. 380^a).</p> <p>Ṭabaḳah X: Famous men, contemporary with Sulṭ&acirc;n Sh&acirc;hjah&acirc;n, from A.H. 1037-1046 = A.D. 1627-1636, 1637, on fol. 395^a (b&acirc;b II, on fol. 415^b; III, on fol. 424^a).</p> <p>After fol. 434 two leaves are missing. Worm-eaten and slightly injured throughout.</p> <p>No date.</p> <p>Beginning:</p> <p>آغاز سخن بسپاس و ستايش خداوند بى نياز الخ</p> <p>No. 259, ff. 435, ll. 15; Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; illuminated heading on fol. 1^b; size, 7^3/4 in. by 4^1/4 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>