An illustrated manuscript that details the history of Timur and his descendants in Iran and India. It was commissioned by Akbar and collectively produced by artists and calligraphers in his atelier. There exists only one copy of the manuscript, currently housed at the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna.
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