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Qurrat al-mulk
[Preliminary Entry] The Śālihotra (Sālōtar in Persian) is a classic Sanskrit work on horses and their treatment that was translated into Persian several times in India. The Qurrat al-mulk is an anonymous adaptation divided into eleven or twelve chapters (bāb) which was made at the request of sultan Ġiyāt al-Dīn Šāh Ḫaljī (r. 1469-1500) of Malwa.
Bibliography:
Rieu, Charles, 1883, Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the British Museum. London, vol. 3, p. 1011
| Main Persian Title: | Qurrat al-mulk |
| Original Sources: |
Śālihotra.
Other Persian texts quoting this Original Source: Faras-nāma, Tarjuma-yi Sālōtar-i asbān, Tuḥfa al-faras, Tuḥfa-yi kān-i ‘ilāj-i asp, Rāḥat al-faras, Tarjuma-yi Sālōtar. |
| Approximate period of composition: | 1469-1500 |
| Commissioner: | Ġiyāt al-Dīn Šāh Ḫaljī |