Muḥammad Amīn ibn Abī al-Ḥusayn Qazvīnī, active 17th century ‏محمد امين بن ابى الحسين قزوينى. Muqīm, Muḥammad, scribe ‏مقيم، محمد. Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) text text ii 1650 1750 monographic [Late 17th or early 18th century?] per

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[519] leaves, paper : bound ; 40 cm 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. 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. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website. Persian. Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald; sold at auction, Sotheby's London, December 12-13, 1929, lot 183, "Property of a Lady." Conserved; 001181.1 1973 Library of Congress Conservation Division. For treatment information, contact the Preservation Directorate. https://ask.loc.gov/preservation pda DLC a-ii--- n-us-dc Shahjahan, Emperor of India, approximately 1592-1666 Manuscripts, Persian Washington (D.C.) Mughal Empire History India DS461.6 .M75 1700z http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/Rosenwald.1791.1 1791 Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Kambūh, -1674? ‏محمد صالح کمبوه. 50045639 hdl:loc.rbc/Rosenwald.1791.1 rda DLC 160921 20250630012649.0 19281518 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng