[Jild-i hashtum-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā, 1250, i.e. 1834].

Fine copy of the final (typically eighth) volume or Khātimah of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid historian Muḥammad ibn Khvāndshāh Mīr Khvānd (d.1498) and completed by his nephew Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn Khvāndamīr (d.1535). Appears to lack the closing panegyric for Mīr ʻAlī Shīr Navāʼī (Ali Şir Nevai, d.1501). Apparently when the set of manuscripts now comprising Isl. Ms. 860 v.1-v.8 was compiled, this manuscript was mistaken for a copy of the section of the work addressing Sulṭān Ḥusayn Bāyqarā and his sons to 929 [1522-3] (typically found in the seventh volume). Title in colophon and an inscription on the inner front flyleaf (p.1) providing the title, contents, etc. identifies this as the seventh volume but the contents (even as described) are clearly that of the Khātimah or what is typically the eighth volume. ; Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library, Isl. Ms. 860 v.7 ; Origin: As appears in colophon on p.164 (and inscription on inner front flyleaf, p.1), transcription completed 24 Rabīʻ I 1250 [ca. 31 July 1834]. Likely executed by copyist responsible for volumes 1, 3 and possibly 2 of this set, Sayyid Mihr ʻAlī Raz̤avī (سيد مهر على رضوى ). ; Accompanying materials: a. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- b. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- c. Scrap with title and date in ink "Rawḍat al-Ṣafā | vol. 7 AH 1250" ; Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 9 v.7 ; Binding: Boards covered in light orange-brown leather decorated in "marbled calf" manner ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in light-blue surface-dyed wove paper ; spine in dark green and brown leather, gold-stamped with decorative bands and title "ROOZUT OL SUFA 7" ; edges of text block red-flecked ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords ; Western style worked endbands, good condition ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion and deterioration of leather, ...