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1 copy of Risalah Muhtawi bar Rusum i Kadkhuda'i

Title: Risalah Muhtawi bar Rusum i Kadkhuda'i.

On front cover, impression of a heart-shaped seal: Sarkar-i Khudadadi. A treatise on the regulations for marriages under Tipu Sultan.

Incipit: Al-hamdu lillah rabb al-'alamanin wal-salat sal-salam 'ala rasulihi

Language(s): Persian.

References

Storey, i, p. 771.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: Folios 7
Dimensions (leaf): 8.5

Hand(s)

Shikastah. Mir Hasan 'Ali Gumashtah

Binding

Red leather binding with blind-tooled decoration.

History

Origin: Mysore, presumably.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bequeathed by Major David Price.

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