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1 copy of Mirʼāt-i Aḥmadī by ʻAlī Muḥammad Khān, 1700?-
Title: Mirʼāt-i AḥmadīTitle: مرآت احمديF1a: signature of Ellis, dated 14 Dec. 1891, F1b, and inside front cover: signature E E Pote. (Edward Ephraim Pote left a large number of Persian manuscripts acquired in India to Eton and King's Colleges. See the catalogue of the Eton collection by D.S. Margoliouth [Oxford 1904].) Inside back cover: No. 1639. Cat. Wm Patel Esq: of Peterborough. sold by Leigh & Sotheby on December 1810. A history of Gujarat. The manuscript contains the final part of the work, beginning with events of 1158. Headings and punctuation in red, also some names.
Incipit: Incipit, heading: Amadan-i Khandi Rau bana bar fara ham awardanLanguage(s): Persian.References
Storey, i, pp. 729-31.Rieu, i, p 288-9.Ethe, No 444.Other copies in the collection: Codrington/Reade Nos 82-5.Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: Folios 378Dimensions (leaf): 8.75 × 7.75 in.Layout
15 lines to the page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq. Lutfallah
Binding
Brown half-leather and painted board binding.
History
Origin: Sunday 4 Jumada II, regnal year 26 of Shah 'Alam, A.H. 1200.Availability
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