RAS Persian 220. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)

Donations Register for May 19 1827. Five pages following the dictionary contain a version in verse of the story of 'Adud al-Dalah and the unjust judge, as in the Siyasatnamah, attributed to Majd al-din Muhammad al-Husayni. Pribably written by the same scribe. Second flyleaf, recto: Presented by Sir John Malcolm May 19. 1827. On pale blue European paper, watermark Gior. Magnani and device. Headings and punctuation in red. A Persian dictionary. Written for Jonathan Duncan. Dedicated to Amin al-Mulk Mumtaz al-Dawlah Jan{an?} thin Dankin Bahadur Ghazanfar Jang. Since in 1226 Jonathan Duncan had long been Governor of Bombay Storey is mistaken in deducing from the entry in Rieu that the work was written for him when he was still at Benares.

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