Pādishāhnāmah - Persian manuscript

Contains a biography of Shāhjahān from his birth through the first 10 years of his reign by Qazvīnī. This work is followed by the second and third parts of Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Kambūh's ʻAmāl-i Ṣāliḥ's history, starting with the 11th year of Shāhjahān's reign and including the wars of succession and his death. Cf, the similar composite manuscript ms. no. 566 in Bankipore, Bengal. Oriental Public Library. Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian manuscripts, v. 7 (Patna, 1921).
Manuscript.
Persian.
Scribe is possibly Aqā Muḥammad Muqīm or one of his sons Sayyed Ali Khān ("Jewel Pen") or Muḥammad Jaʻfar (Kifāyat Khān). Cf. Muqīm's name at second colophon.
Place of writing most likely Northern India.
Paper; text within ornamental gold borders.
Nastaʻliq.
29 paintings including some full page, some double page.
1 shamsa (title page), 2 sarlawhs, 2 colophons, and 2 appendixes.
Appendix includes poetry by Sayyed Ali Gilānī.
Contemporary oriental leather binding.
Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald; sold at auction, Sotheby's London, December 12-13, 1929, lot 183, "Property of a Lady."
Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1791
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.