RAS Persian 134. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)

Persian Manuscripts

1 copy of ʻĀlamgīrnāmah by Muḥammad Kāz̤im ibn Muḥammad Amīn

Author: Muḥammad Kāz̤im ibn Muḥammad Amīn

First folio, recto: a) Description of book in Persian, with number of pages etc. given in siyaq. b) Note of purchase dated 25 Safar regnal year 3? of 'Alamgir II, A.H. 1170. Above this is the impression of a small oval seal: 'Abduhu Madari La'l 1162. First folio, verso, by the basmalah, impression of small rectangular seal: Madari La'l 1171. f411v. Latin note on content of book. Inside front cover, armorial bookplate of Gordon of Buthlaw. Headings and punctuation in red.

Incipit: Ay dadah bi-'aql partau-i agahi.

Language(s): Persian.

References

vAs for Codrington/Reade No 131.

General Gordon's bequest of books and Turkish, Perian and Arabic manuscripts is mentioned, without details in the donations register under November 6 1841. The bequest is mentioned in J.R.A.S., vii, 1843, Annual Report, p. x, and the manuscripts are briefly listed in the Proceedings, pp. xxx-xxxi

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: Folios 410

Dimensions (leaf): 10.25 × 6.75 in.

Layout

20 and 24 lines on a page

Hand(s)

Shikastah.

Binding

Tooled brown leather binding. Carnegie U.K. Trust Grant 1930.

History

Origin: 5 Jumada I, regnal year 27 of Muhammad Shah, A.H. 1157. (Not 1137)

Provenance and Acquisition

Bequest of General Thomas Gordon (of Buthlaw).

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