IO Islamic 4395 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Display:

St Augustine's College Collection

Abu Talib Khan, description of Georgian Britain

1 copy of Surūr afzā by Abū Ṭālib Khān

Mas̲navī describing Abū Ṭālib Khān's travels and observations on Georgian London and other cities of Great Britain before 1220/1805, the year of the author's death

Not dated

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 29 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 178 × 120 mm.

Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 19th century CE ; India

Record Sources

Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3. Available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts, manuscript number: MSS Eur E207/18_f029r

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card for admissions procedures contact British Library, Registering for a Reader Pass. Contact apac-enquiries@bl.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript. For information on catalogues and ordering manuscripts see Finding and ordering Persian manuscripts in the British Library.

Bibliography

MSS Eur E207/18_f029r

Funding of Cataloguing

TO TOP