RAS Persian 100. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Tadhkirat al-Salāṭīn-i Chaghatā by Kāmwar Khān, Muḥammad Hādī
Title: تذكرة السلاطين چغتای
First leaf of blank gathering preceding text: a column of Chinese characters. A history of the house of Timur, especially the Mughals of India. Vol. I. From the Origin of the Turks to tbe death of Jahangir in A.H. 1037. Headings and punctuation in red.
Incipit: Chun safhah-i kaghad biyarastam u khamah-i du zaban bar dashtam
Language(s): Persian.
References
Storey, i, pp.517-8.
Rieu, i, pp. 274-5, iii, p. 924.
Ethe, No. 395.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: Folios 421
Dimensions (leaf): 10 × 6.25 in.
Layout
16 lines on a page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq.
Binding
Red leather Oriental binding with stamped, blind-tooled and painted decoration. From the same workshop as that of Codrington/Reade No 101.
History
Availability
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