MS. Pers. a. 2 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
A 19th-century Persian diplomatic letter and accompanying royal portrait.
Title: A diplomatic letter from the Persian Ambassador to the Court of St. James.
Language(s): Persian
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Binding
History
Origin: ; 15th Rabīʻ I 1269 AH; 27th December 1852 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917.; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953
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