RAS Ellis Persian 31 (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Description of Akbarabad (Agra) by Sil Chand.
Lacks some folios at end. F1a: Signature of Ellis, dated 18.03.09. Folio preceding text: a) Ellis's signature dated as above. b) Description of the work boldly written in Persian, stating that the author received 500 rupees, a pair of Kashmir shawls and a certificate of employability for it, and criticising it as empty and inaccurate. Last folio of text, verso, in Ellis's hand: Luzac (Sotheby - Alexander). Compiled when James Stephen Lushington, Collector of Agra 1825-6, appealed for information about the town. Headings in red. Two tinted drawings pasted on inserted pages, the Taj Mahall and the Tomb of Akbar.
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Physical Description
Layout
17 lines to the page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq.
Binding
English calf binding with tooled spine.
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