Missing some foios at end; the text breaks off in the notice on Hilali. Inside front cover, pasted slip: Lieut. Col. briggs. Biographical notices of and selections from Persian Poets. Headings and punctuation in red.
Incipit: Sar-i kalam jighah-i hamd-i sani'i.
Language(s): Persian.
References
Storey, i, pp. 855-866.
Rieu, i, pp.394-5.
Ethe, No 685.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: Folios 420
Dimensions (leaf): 4.75
Layout
20 lines on a page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq.
Binding
The body of the work is preceded by a list of contents, apparently arranged by folio numbers, though the numbers are missing, presumably trimmed off in rebinding. Plain red leather binding, European style.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Presented by Col. Briggs. (So in additional note in Morley, confirmed by the bookplate).
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