RAS Persian 124. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Tuzuk-i Jahangiri by 4 authors
Third front flyleaf, recto, and first back flyleaf, recto: impressions of small rectangular seal of Thakur Parshad, dated 1224 and 13. A bland gathering of pages with ruled margins precedes the text and another follows it. The first page of the first of these has a note in ink describing the work signed 'Briggs' and dated 1819 at ? The genuine memoirs of Jahangir, with the continutation of Mu'tamad Khan, re-edited with aconclusion and introduction by Muhammad Hadi. Illumated initial opening. Ruled margins. Red headings and punctuation. Mostly on pink paper.
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Physical Description
Layout
15 lines on a page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq.
Binding
European half-leather binding with marbled paper covers and doublures. 19th century?
History
Availability
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