RAS Persian 125. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Iqbal-namah-i Jahangiri: Volume III, covering the reign of Jahangir (A.H. 1014 to 1037) by Mu’tamad Khān, Muhammad Sharif, d. 1639 or 40
Lacks one folio at beginning and about three of text at end. (So Morley) It is unclear why Morley states the the MS is dated 1145.
Incipit: ... mukarramish afsurdagiha(-yi) jahan-i bi-ab u rang-ra
Language(s): Persian.
References
Storey, i, pp. 560-63.
Rieu, i, p. 255.
Ethe, Nos 312-5.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: Folios 211
Dimensions (leaf): 9.5 × 5.5 in.
Layout
12 and 15 lines on a page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq and Shikastah Amiz.
Binding
Inside front cover, a note stating the binding was repaired in 1971. The leather of the old red covers, which have stamped and painted decoration, has been attached to the covers of the new binding, of red leather with tooled spine.
History
Origin: 15 Rabi' II regnal year 19 of Muhammad Shah, under the Subahdari of the vizier Nizam al-Mulk and the deputyship of Hamid Khan Diwana. So colophon.
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