RAS Persian 353 (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)

Persian Manuscripts

Summary of Contents: Tawarikh az Khurasan wa HIndustan wa Sindh az aghaz-i 'ahd-i Timur Shah ta bih 'ahd-i waqt-i amirayan-i Tapuran (for Talpuran).… by Anon.

Author: Anon.

Title: Tawarikh az Khurasan wa HIndustan wa Sindh az aghaz-i 'ahd-i Timur Shah ta bih 'ahd-i waqt-i amirayan-i Tapuran (for Talpuran). So on recto of folio preceding introduction.

Numbered 358 in error in Codrington/Reade. 353 is the number in the initial entry, wirtten on a page inserted in the Library copy of Codrington after page 544, and occurs four times on the MS. A brief history of events in Khurasan and N. India and, in particular, Sind, From the time of Timur to that of the Talpur emirs of Sind. At the end the intention to continue with the reign of Fath 'Ali Khan Talpur is mentioned. On blue paper. Some blank folios bound in.

Incipit: Makhfi namanad kih akthar-i ahwalat-i Hindustan wa Sind

Language(s): Persian.

References

None found.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: Folios 127

Dimensions (leaf): 3.5

Layout

9 lines on a page

Hand(s)

Nasta'liq.

Binding

English oatmeal-coloured cloth binding.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented by Sir Frederick J. Goldsmid.

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