[IO Islamic 611] Historical and Geographical Extracts

<ul> <li><strong>Extracts.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 728&nbsp;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 611 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>728</p> <p>Historical and geographical extracts.</p> <p>Contents:</p> <p>1.A few extracts from a تأريخ مير ابراهيم الحسينى الموسوى (not met with hitherto), on ff. 8^a-15^b, 22 and 23, consisting of short accounts of the emperors Akbar, Jah&acirc;ng&icirc;r, Sh&acirc;hjah&acirc;n, etc.</p> <p>2.Extracts from the Haft Iḳl&icirc;m, beginning with a ذكر هفت اقليم (a general account of the seven climates, somewhat like the preceding انتخاب), on ff. 99^a-151^b, and concluding with a مجملئ سلاطين دهلى كه در هفت اقليم آورده بتحرير مى آرد (the general account of the Muḥammad rulers of Dihl&icirc;, which is found on fol. 153^a, first line sq. in No. 724, col. 406 above), on ff. 153^a-176^b.</p> <p>3.Another extract from the تأريخ مير ابراهيم, containing a تعريف امصار (description of cities), and beginning with Akbar&acirc;b&acirc;d, ff. 177^a-190^b.</p> <p>An index of these miscellanies is found on ff. 2^b-7^a.</p> <p>No. 611, ff. 2^b-15, 22, 23, 99-190, ll. 21; careless Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; size, 8^7/8 in. by 4^7/8 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>