RAS Ellis Persian Uncat 4 (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Raj Dashini or Tawarikh-i Jammun, by Ganish Das.
F1a: signature of Ellis, dated 11.4.12. Folio after text, recto: signature of E. Denison Ross. 3 folios preceding text have a pencilled list of contents in Persian. A history of the Rajahs of Jammu up to 1847.
Incipit: Ba'd-i hamd-i padishahi kih tawarikh-i u-ra
Language(s): Persian.
References
Storey, i, p, 687, cf. pp. 672-3.
Rieu, iii, p. 955.
Ethe, No 507.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 412 pages
Dimensions (leaf): 9.5
Layout
15-17 lines to the page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq. Nur al-Din Munshi
Binding
Indian cloth and board binding.
History
Origin: In the exalted Jangi Daftar of Jammu. 14 Tankah? 1911 Samvat, after the fifth ghari of the night.
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