Detail View: Rylands Collection:
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Image Number:
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BRO_Persian_MS_340
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Reference Number:
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Persian MS 340
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Link to Catalogue:
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Parent Work Title:
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Sirr-i-Akbar, Tarjumah-'i Upnakhat
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Persian translation of the Upanishads of the Four Vedas
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Creator:
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Dārā Shikūh, Prince, son of Shahjahan, Emperor of India, 1615-1659
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Creator Role:
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Translator
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Creator:
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Ḥāfiẓ Muḥammad ‘Azīm
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Creator Role:
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Scribe
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Creator:
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Anand Ram Mukhlis, -1751
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Creator Role:
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Compiler
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Date Created:
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1785
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Description:
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A complete copy of the Sirr-i-Akbar, Tarjumah-'i Upnakhat (The Greatest Secret translated from the Upanishads), also known as the Sirr-i Asrār (Secret of Secrets), by Prince Dārā Shikūh (1615–1659), eldest son and intended successor of the Mughal ruler Shāhjahān I (b. 1592–1666 r. 1628–58), but then ultimately defeated and executed by his younger brother ‘Awrangzīb, who would later rule as ‘Alāmgīr I (b. 1618, r. 1658–1707). A Persian translation of fifty Sanskrit Upanishads of the Four Vedas, Dārā completed the work with the help of Hindu pandits in Benares (Varanasi) over the course of six months then finished it on 26 Ramaz̤ān 1067 AH (8 Jul. 1657 CE). A scribe named Ḥāfiẓ Muḥammad ‘Azīm copied this manuscript from one collated by the Anand Rām Mukhliṣ (ca. 1699–1571) held in the royal library of the Nawwāb in Lucknow, at the behest of British orientalist, linguist, and the first translator of Upanishads into a Western language from Sanskrit, Sir William Jones (d. 1794). While undated, Jones notes that he received it on 3 May 1785, probably in Calcutta.
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Language Code:
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per
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Language:
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Persian
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Subject:
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Religion
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Subject:
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Hinduism
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Item Height:
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230 mm
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Item Width:
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200 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Provenance:
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Bland, Nathaniel, 1803-1865, former owner
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Provenance:
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Quaritch, Bernard, 1819-1899, former owner
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Provenance:
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Jones, Anna Maria 1748-1829, former owner
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Provenance:
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Cochrane, John George, 1781-1852, former owner
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Provenance:
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Lewin, Samuel Hawtayne, 1795-1840, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2023-11-20
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2024-01
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Rylands
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