Delhi Persian 67* (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

Treatise on the ethics of kingship or mirror of princes, comprising ten bāb; author not identified

Defective at end

Not dated

Annotations and corrections throughout

Unbound; damaged by wormholes along lower edge of spine; fragile

Seals and inscriptions by later inspectors and owners (f. 1r), some erased: Sayyid Nuṣrat Khān regnal year 5 or 9 (?)

Language(s): Persian

Form: codex

Extent: 188 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 252 × 147 mm.

Dimensions (written):

Origin: 17th century CE ; India

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