RAS Persian 136. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Maʻās̲ir-i ʻĀlamgīrī by Mustaʻidd Khān, Muḥammad Sāqī, d. 1724.
Title: Maʻās̲ir-i ʻĀlamgīrī
Second blank page before text, note describing the book signed Briggs Dhooha 1819. Front flyleaf, recto, and back flyleaf, verso, impressions of small rectangular seal of Thakur Parshad, dated 1238 and 13. Inside front cover, ex libris slip: Lieut. Col. Briggs. A History of Aurangzib from A.H. 1067 to 1118. Illuminated panel above opening of text, ruled margins, headings and punctuation in red.
Incipit: Intikhab-i saha'ih-i ijad-i uns u jan
Language(s): Persian.
References
Storey, i, pp. 592-4.
Rieu, i, pp. 270-1.
Ethe, No 365.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: Folios 274
Dimensions (leaf): 11.5
Layout
15 lines on a page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq.
History
Origin: Shahjahanabad. 14 Rabi' I 1230, regnal year 9 of Muhammad Akbar Shah.
Provenance and Acquisition
Presented by General Briggs.
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