RAS Persian 290. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
Possibly written by Muhtasham Kashi. On back cover: armorial bookplate of N.B. Edmonstone. Held in a British tooled red morocco case with flaps and tapes. The poet calls himself Kashi and says he is at Amul. Possibly the fifteenth-century poet Muhtasham of Kashan. Further checking needed. Incomplete. Richly illuminated throughout. The pages written on one side, pasted on cloth-backed card and arranged in concertina form.
References
Physical Description
Layout
8 lines to the page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq. 'Abd al-Rashid
History
Availability
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