Delhi Persian 69B* (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Persian dictionary, extracts

Contents

Excerpts from an unidentified dictionary of Persian (covering pāʾ, tāʾ, jīm, chīm, khāʾ, dāl, rāʾ, zāʾ, sīn, shin, ghayn, fāʾ, kāf/gāf; mīm added in margin)

Defective at beginning

Not dated

Extremely fragile; wormholes along gutter; brittle paper; excessive debris

Unrelated sheet of accounts for planting in an unidentified garden or orchard included at end (f. 19); entries date 29 Ramaz̤ān-1 Shavvāl [regnal] year 29 (?)

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 19 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 278 × 165 mm.

Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 18th-19th centuries CE ; India

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