RAS Persian 130. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: A history of Shah Jahan. The latter portion of the work beginning at the eleventh year of the reign and continuing until the death of Shah Jahan. Ending with a list of mansabdars.
Title: ʻAmal-i Ṣāliḥ
Title: عمل صالح
Front flyleaf, recto: a) Impression of small rectangular seal of Thakur Parshad dated 1224 and also with number 13 (?). b) Shah Jehan Namah containing the events of his Reign after the 10th Year of his Reign Briggs Dhooha 1819. folio 1, recto: L (?) O Knox Inside front cover, pasted slip: Lieut. Col. Briggs.
Incipit: Chun ayyam-i sal-i yazdahum-i julus-i maimanat-ma'nus
Language(s): Persian.
References
Storey, i, pp.578-81.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: Folios 306
Dimensions (leaf): 12.75 × 8.75. in.
Layout
20 lines on a page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq.
Binding
Brown and red leather binding, presumably Indian, with tooled and stamped decoration.
History
Availability
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