RAS Persian 268. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)

F1a, slip: Presented by Sir George Staunton Bart.Feb 7. 1824. The name printed, the remainder handwritten. Bound in towards the end: a) A note recording the birth of a son on Sunday 4 Dhu 'l-Qa'dah 1172, and omens taken from the Qur'an in connection with the birth. b) Two narrow slips with square grids filled with numbers, probably magic squares, etc. c) A third similar slip is inserted loose. Bound in after the colophon: a) A copy of the Pandnamah supposedly of Sa'di (10 ff.), the first recto covered with assorted prayers, verses, etc. b) A folio containing copies of two letters, trimmed off at the edges, concerned with the shipment of goods. The ports of Hugli and Chinapatan mentioned. Margins, dividing panels and the final verses of poems in red. Illuminated panel above opening of text.

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