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Image Number: 
Bookreader PersianMS_559
Reference Number: 
Persian MS 559
Link to Catalogue: 
Parent Work Title: 
Taẕkirah-'i Shaykh Muḥammad ʿAlī Ḥazīn
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Savāniḥ-i ʻUmrī-yi ‘Ālī Ḥazīn
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Sayr-i Muḥammad ʻAlī Ḥazīn
Creator: 
Muḥammad ʻAlī Ḥazīn,‏ ‎1692?-1766?
Creator Role: 
Author
Date Created: 
1804 [1218 AH]
Description: 
Savāniḥ-i ‘Umrī ‘Ālī Ḥazīn (Events in the life of ‘Ālī Ḥazīn), a variant title of a work better-known as Taẕkirah-'i Shaykh Muḥammad ʿAlī Ḥazīn (Chronicle of Shaykh Muḥammad ʿAlī Ḥazīn), an autobiography of the Indo-Persian poet ʻAlī Ḥazīn‏ (ca. 1692–1766). Originally born in Iṣfahān in 1103 AH (1691-92 CE), the author fled his native homeland during the rise of Nādir Shāh Afshār (b. 1688, r. 1736–1747). He reached the Indian subcontinent in 1146 AH (1733–34 CE) where he attained fame, then passed away in 1180 AH (1766–67) in Benares (Varanasi).
Language Code: 
per
Language: 
Persian
Subject: 
Autobiography
Subject: 
Poets, Persian--India--Biography
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Item Height: 
231 mm
Item Width: 
150 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance: 
Hamilton, George William, 1807-1868, former owner
Provenance: 
Aybak Āq Muḥammad Khān, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2022-05-23
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2022-06
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Rylands