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Summary of Contents: These two MSS. are Nos. 9 and 10 in a volume of miscellanea, which also contains the following printed or lithographed items: (1) Le Fars (Tihrán, June, 1913); (2) speech of the Náşiru'l-Mulk on assuming the Regency on 12 Safar, 1329/Feb. 12, 1911, and telegrams from the Mujtahids, etc., connected therewith; (3) Persian and Turkish poems of Lá'lí of Tabríz; (4) al-Islám (lith.), No. 7 of First Year, Tihrán, 18 Rabí' I, 1332/Feb. 14, 1914; (5) al-Maqádu'l-Asná (printed), on Double Entry, Tihrán, Jumádà I, 1323/ July, 1905; and (6)-(8) three Persian Almanacs, for 1326/1908-9, 1323/1905-6 and 1318/1900-1, lithographed at Tihrán. None of these eight printed/ lithographed items has its own Fihrist classmark in this record. Sup. 8 (the ninth item in the volume) is a manuscript entitled Kitábcha-i- Rán-i-Kúh ú Langarúd, and is described in a note by Professor Browne on the fly-leaf as "a document which is usually very difficult to obtain," sent to me by Mr H. L. Rabino, H.B.M.'s Vice-Consul at Mogador (Morocco), formerly of Rasht (Persia), on April 11, 1914. It appears to be a statistical report on the revenues, products, etc. of the districts of Rán-i-Kúh and Langarúd in Mázandarán. Ff. 16 of 21.5 x 15.3 cm. Written in cursive ním-shikasta. Sup. 9 (the tenth item in the volume) was also received from Mr H. L. Rabino, with a letter of the same date (April 11, 1914). Mr Rabino describes it as "a few leaves from the draft of Mírzá Ibráhím's journal of his journey with Captain Mackenzie, British Consul in Rasht (Persia), in 1859." Melgunov's book Das südliche Ufer des Kaspischen Meeres is based on it. Ff. 19 of 17.5 x 10 cm and 14 to 16 ll. Written in ním-shikasta. In the lettering on the back of the volume these two MSS. are described respectively as "MS. Journal of Travel in Caspian Provinces" and "Kitábcha-i- Langarúd."

Title: Kitábcha-i-Rán-i-Kúh ú Langarúd

Title: Statistical report on the revenues, products, etc. of the districts of Rán-i-Kúh and Langarúd in Mázandarán

Described by Browne on the fly-leaf as "a document which is usually very difficult to obtain." Lettered on the spine of the bound volume as "Kitábcha-i-Langarúd."

Language(s): Persian

Author: Mírzá Ibráhím

Title: Draft of a journal of a journey with Captain Mackenzie, British Consul in Rasht, in 1859

A few leaves only. Described by Rabino as the source for Mel'gunov's book Das südliche Ufer des Kaspischen Meeres. Lettered on the spine of the bound volume as "MS. Journal of Travel in Caspian Provinces."

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: Item 1 (Sup. 8): 16 ff. of 21.5 x 15.3 cm. Item 2 (Sup. 9): 19 ff. of 17.5 x 10 cm.

Layout

Item 2: 14 to 16 lines; not stated for item 1.

Hand(s)

Cursive ním-shikasta (item 1); ním-shikasta (item 2).

History

Origin: Item 1 undated; item 2 records a journey of 1859. ; Mázandarán

Provenance and Acquisition

Sent to Professor Browne by Mr H. L. Rabino, H.B.M.'s Vice-Consul at Mogador (Morocco), formerly of Rasht (Persia), on April 11, 1914.

Passed to Cambridge University Library in 1936 (the "Browne Bequest").

Record Sources

Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card for admissions procedures contact Cambridge University Library Admissions. Contact near_eastern@lib.cam.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript

Funding of Cataloguing

Cambridge University

Subjects

Iran--Description and travel

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