RAS Persian 138. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Riyāḍ al-Firdaws by Muḥammad Mīrak Ḥusaynī, 17th cent.
Folio one, recto: Stamp, the name filled in in ink: Presented to the ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY by John Romer Esq A General History of Persia, from the earliest times to the death of the Safavid Shah Sulaiman in A.H. 1076, completed in Jumada II, 1082. Headings and punctuation in red. On European paper, some cream, some blue, with various watermarks. MS written for Sardar Jan Rumir Sahib Bahadur
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Physical Description
Layout
17 lines on a page
Hand(s)
Shikastah Ghulam Nabi
Binding
Dark nrown leather Indian binding with blind stamped decoration, the spine later replaced and with tooled catalogue No etc.
History
Availability
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