RAS Ellis Persian 36 (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Mirʼāt-i Aḥmadī by ʻAlī Muḥammad Khān, 1700?-
F1a: 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.
References
Physical Description
Layout
15 lines to the page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq. Lutfallah
Binding
Brown half-leather and painted board binding.
History
Availability
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